Drought News & Analysis

Drought conditions and impacts

Supply Chain Disruptions

Kaub gauge hit a record low of −6cm on 1 October; Switzerland frees its entire protein-feed reserve from 15 October

13 Oct

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4 AugTue 22:06
Sugar
Europe's official sugar forecasts were written before drought reached beet crop
USDA and the European Commission both cut their 2026/27 outlooks on low prices, not weather. EU beet area is already down 14.8 per cent in two years, and July was the driest since 1940 at every one of Cropli's UK monitoring points.
31 JulFri 13:42
Canola/Rapeseed
France sows next year's rapeseed into bone-dry ground as prices hit a three-and-a-half-year high
Seven of eight monitored points in the French belt took a third or less of normal July rainfall, weeks before drilling begins for the 2027 crop
30 JulThu 18:12
Free Read
England's farm water restrictions double as beet belt records its driest July in 86 years
Hands-off-flow limits on abstraction licences went from 729 to 1,506 in three weeks, while the government's drought reporting still does not name sugar beet or potatoes