# Drought still leaves no trace through harvest forecast - News MARS report | Boerenbusiness. Nl

> The April EU MARS report kept wheat and barley yield forecasts almost unchanged at 5.65 and 5.87 t/ha, while rye was raised 2.1%. Dry weather in Western Europe after a very wet winter has dried topsoil and affected spring sowing, though the report sees little coronavirus impact on planting inputs.

- Date: 2020-04-28 · published 2020-04-28T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region Europe · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/53580-drought-still-leaves-no-trace-through-harvest-forecast-news-mars-report
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md)

## Why it matters

Stable official EU yield forecasts despite dryness limit near-term upside for wheat and barley prices, though continued drought would pressure the outlook.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: neutral
- BARLEY: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2024-11-14 | [IBGE forecasts harvest of 311.0 million tonnes for 2025, rise of 5.8% over 2024 \| News Agency](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13534-ibge-forecasts-harvest-of-311-0-million-tonnes-for-2025-rise-of-5-8-over-2024.md) | -0.5% | +0.2% |
| WHEAT | 2020-06-09 | [May figures reinforce record harvest estimate for 2020  \| News Agency](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52441-may-figures-reinforce-record-harvest-estimate-for-2020-news-agency.md) | -1.0% | -6.3% |
| WHEAT | 2024-10-11 | [No big surprises in USDA report, markets trading weather - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27808-no-big-surprises-in-usda-report-markets-trading-weather-brownfield-ag-news.md) | -0.5% | -1.5% |
| WHEAT | 2023-01-12 | [U.S. reduces corn, soybean harvest views - Agweek \| #1 source for agriculture news, farming, markets](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13310-u-s-reduces-corn-soybean-harvest-views-agweek-1-source-for-agriculture-news.md) | -0.6% | +2.0% |
| WHEAT | 2024-10-22 | [Australian winter crop forecast – slight uptick, but weather woes temper size of harvest](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27825-australian-winter-crop-forecast-slight-uptick-but-weather-woes-temper-size-of.md) | +0.1% | -1.4% |

## Sources

- en.boerenbusiness.nl: https://en.boerenbusiness.nl/artikel/10886919/droogte-trekt-nog-geen-spoor-door-oogstprognose

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