USDA's Joint Ag Weather Facility has provided the following weekly weather/crop highlights:
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EUROPE: Widespread Rain Eases Drought In Spain, Favors Northern Crops
- Additional, much-needed rain eases drought in Spain and improves soil moisture for reproductive wheat and barley. Heavy rain also alleviates short-term dryness and boosts irrigation reserves in Italy.
- Widespread showers favor vegetative winter crops in England, France, and Germany.
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NORTHWESTERN AFRICA: Additional Rain Benefits Crops In Morocco
- Heavy rain benefits reproductive to filling winter grains in Morocco but is too late for maturing crops.
- Widespread showers in Algeria and Tunisia benefit reproductive winter wheat and barley.
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MIDDLE EAST: Showers Favor Winter Grain Development
- Widespread showers slow cotton planting but favor winter crop growth from Turkey into western Iran.
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FSU: Western Rain Contrasts With Eastern Warmth And Dryness
- Periods of rain across Belarus, Ukraine, and Russia slow fieldwork but boost soil moisture for winter wheat, barley, and rapeseed.
- Warm, dry weather favors field preparations for spring wheat planting in Kazakhstan and central Russia.
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SOUTH ASIA: Increasing Pre-Monsoon Showers In The East
- Hot weather continues throughout most of India.
- Pre-monsoon showers increase moisture reserves in eastern India and Bangladesh, well in advance of the main growing season.
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EAST ASIA: Beneficial Rain For Winter Wheat
- Widespread showers boost soil moisture for reproductive winter wheat on the North China Plain.
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SOUTHEAST ASIA: Local Rice Harvest Delays In Java, Indonesia
- Localized flooding cause minor delays for rice harvesting in western Java, Indonesia.
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AUSTRALIA: Mostly Dry But Relatively Cool
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