USDA attache sees EU 2024/25 wheat production at 127.4 million T

Following are selected highlights from a report released on Wednesday by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Foreign Agricultural Service post in Madrid:

“EU grain production in MY (marketing year) 2024/25 is expected to decline from last year’s levels due to a combination of smaller area planted to grains and lower yields affecting all grains except for barley and oats … Overall, EU wheat crop in MY 2024/25 is expected to decline to 127.4 MMT (million metric tons), driven by a sharply reduced French wheat crop, and lower German, Hungarian, Polish, and Romanian crops not being offset by a higher Spanish crop. The EU wheat area for MY 2024/25 has been slightly adjusted downward from previous estimates due to lower than previously anticipated plantings in Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Hungary, and Italy, not being offset by higher areas in Germany, Poland, and Romania.”

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