BUCHAREST: Romania’s production of wheat, maize and sunflower rose by double digits from a year earlier in 2025 as yields recovered after one of the country’s worst droughts in 2024, preliminary data from the National Statistics Board showed on Tuesday.
The European Union state put 2.3 million hectares under wheat and reaped 12.69 million tonnes of the crop, a record high and up 36.6percent from a year earlier. The 2025 wheat harvest beat 2021’s bumper crops.
Drought and heatwaves in 2024 hurt crops in Romania and other parts of Europe, with maize and sunflower seeds suffering double-digit losses. But regular rain this season, including in April and May, has helped ease dryness.
Romania’s 2025 maize harvest stood at 7.75 million tonnes, up 29.8percent from a year earlier, while sunflower seed production was 2.06 million tonnes, up 36.5percent.
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