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According to the forecast of the National Association of Agricultural Cooperatives of Germany, in 2025, wheat and rapeseed production in the country will exceed last year's levels by 13.6% and 5.6%, respectively.

Meteorological conditions in recent weeks have shown one thing: previous exceptions are now the rule. There are no longer "normal" years. Strong frosts and moderate temperatures are increasingly alternating. Moreover, sufficient rainfall is often lacking - this is true this year as well. This means stress for plants. This is explained by the grain market expert of the German Raiffeisen Association (DRV), Guido Siedler. Due to the warm spring, rapeseed and grain crops are currently significantly more developed than usual. This is proving to be a challenge in many regions this year. Due to night frosts, some rapeseed blossoms and grain crop ears in various regions of Germany have frozen. "Rapeseed can compensate for frost damage during further growth by forming blossoms on side shoots. Grain crops are different: They form only one ear. If it freezes, the yield is lost. Many gardeners have encountered this phenomenon with their fruit trees in recent years. If the blossom freezes, the ...

On Monday, May 26, 2025, stock exchanges in the United States are closed in observance of Memorial Day. European wheat futures declined on Monday for the third consecutive session, as the strengthening euro heightened export concerns, and recent weather worries have subsided. The European Union's Agricultural Crop Monitoring Service MARS slightly raised its forecast for soft wheat yields in the current season in the EU, citing favorable rains in Southern Europe and so far limited consequences of the prolonged dry period in Northern Europe. Specifically, soft wheat yields are estimated at 6.04 t/ha, durum at 3.77 t/ha. The April estimate suggested 6.03 t/ha and 3.69 t/ha, respectively, according to MARS materials. The corn forecast remains unchanged from the April estimate at 7.45 t/ha. The forecast for sunflower is 2.09 t/ha, and for soybeans is 2.82 t/ha. In drought-affected wheat-growing regions in northern Germany, heavy rains occurred over the past weekend, dispelling concerns ...