EU corn imports jump 40% as drought hits harvest, soft wheat exports flat

The scale of the U.S. corn surge shows how quickly the EU has turned to imports to plug a drought-driven feed gap, and it puts U.S. origin squarely at the center of European supply chains. Feed producers and starch makers bear the direct cost exposure, while the flat soft wheat export line suggests the EU is not offsetting the shortfall through wheat trade. Whether U.S. corn keeps displacing other origins, and whether the wheat export picture holds as the season progresses, are the open questions worth tracking.