Yield expectations in major maize producing member countries are falling

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By the end of the 2025/2026 season, 278 million tonnes of maize (+1 percent) could remain in storage. In the European Union, according to Stratégie Grains, 8.1 million hectares of maize could be harvested this year. This area would be 8 percent lower than in 2024. The expected harvest could be 57.4 million tonnes (–2 percent), if current expectations are met. Due to the high temperatures and low rainfall in the member states at the beginning of the summer, the yield expectations in the main producing member states have been revised downwards. In France, a maize yield of 12.8 million tonnes is expected, 14 percent lower than a year earlier, from 1.5 million hectares. In Romania, 18 percent more crops may be stored from 1.9 million hectares. In Poland, the output may be 8.3 million tonnes (-6 percent) from 1.2 million hectares. Stratégie Grains experts calculate a yield of 4.8 million tonnes in Italy (+3 percent), 4.6 million tonnes in Germany (-8 percent), and 4.7 million tonnes in Hungary (-11 percent).

According to AKI PÁIR data, feed maize changed hands at an average producer price of 82.4 thousand forints/tonne in the third week of July, which exceeded the previous year by 15 percent

In the commodity market section of the Budapest Stock Exchange (BSE), the quotation of ISCC NUTS II. sustainable feed corn was 87 thousand forints/ton between July 15 and 25. On the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, the September price of corn fluctuated in the range of 157–161 dollars/ton between July 14 and 25. On the Paris Commodity Exchange, the August settlement price of the crop fluctuated between 200–212 euros/ton.

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