# JRC MARS bulletin - Publications Office of the EU

> The EU Joint Research Centre's MARS bulletin reports hot, dry weather across southern and eastern Europe that caused irreversible yield damage in rainfed areas of Romania, Bulgaria, Greece, southern Ukraine and Türkiye. Maize, sunflower and soybean yields were also reduced in Hungary and eastern Croatia, while Spain, Italy, France, Germany and Poland held near or above average.

- Date: 2025-08-26 · published 2025-08-26T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region EU · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/23263-jrc-mars-bulletin-publications-office-of-the-eu
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Sunflower Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SUNMEAL.md)

## Why it matters

Losses in maize and sunflower output across southeastern Europe and the Black Sea reduce feed and oilseed meal supplies, supporting corn and sunflower meal prices.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲
- SUNMEAL: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2023-04-24 | [JRC MARS Bulletin - Publications Office of the EU](https://feedsoft.ai/events/36335-jrc-mars-bulletin-publications-office-of-the-eu.md) | -0.7% | -9.9% |
| CORN | 2021-10-13 | [The 2019-2021 extreme drought episode in La Plata Basin - Publications Office of the EU](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44405-the-2019-2021-extreme-drought-episode-in-la-plata-basin-publications-office-of.md) | +0.9% | +10.7% |
| CORN | 2020-07-08 | [Extreme heat and no rain, taking a toll on Michigan crops \| An official publication of Michigan Farm Bureau](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51963-extreme-heat-and-no-rain-taking-a-toll-on-michigan-crops-an-official.md) | -2.3% | -6.6% |
| CORN | 2025-01-29 | [Will the Bull Market in Corn Continue to Pull Up Soybeans and Wheat? - AgWeb](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6895-will-the-bull-market-in-corn-continue-to-pull-up-soybeans-and-wheat-agweb.md) | +1.0% | -1.0% |
| CORN | 2023-06-29 | [ISA Experts Weigh In On The State Of Crop Conditions](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13274-isa-experts-weigh-in-on-the-state-of-crop-conditions.md) | -2.5% | +2.0% |

## Sources

- op.europa.eu: https://op.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-/publication/e45db89e-82ee-11f0-9af8-01aa75ed71a1/language-en

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