The severe European heatwave played a major role in reducing this year ’s global wheat crop forecast for the first time in five years , as the crop dropped 6.6 million metric tonnes ( mt ) to 729.63 million mt from July to August , down 2.9 % from last year . In Europe alone the crop forecast has dropped from the 132.4 million mt forecast in early July to 127.7 million mt in 6 August . The Russian wheat crop was 78 million mt after a record 85 million mt last year . Forecasts for Australia and Canada remained stable , although both have problems .
The severe European heatwave played a major role in reducing this year’s global wheat crop forecast for the first time in five years, as the crop dropped 6.6 million metric tonnes (mt) to 729.63 million mt from July to August, down 2.9% from last year. In Europe alone the crop forecast has fall from the 132.4 million mt forecast in early July to 127.7 million mt in 6 August. The Russian wheat crop was 68 million mt after a record 85 million mt last year. Forecasts for Australia and Canada remained stable, although both have problems.