According to MARS monitoring, in early December, weather conditions, a sharp drop in temperature combined with high humidity had a mixed impact on winter crops in the EU, which, in particular, led to damage to plants in Germany, Denmark, Sweden and Poland, where snow cover was insufficient.
Earlier snowfalls helped
However, earlier snowfalls helped protect crops in southeastern Germany, Austria, the Czech Republic, southern Poland and Slovakia, with a minor negative impact expected in Finland and the Baltic states. In addition, excessively wet conditions prevented the completion of winter soft wheat sowing in northern France, where about 10% of the planned area remained unseeded.
It is also reported that abundant rainfall has improved the condition of plants after previous dry conditions in Romania and Bulgaria, while the lack of precipitation in some parts of Spain and Italy, on the contrary, has worsened production prospects, especially for durum wheat.
Source: Apkinform