USDA's Joint Ag Weather Facility has provided the following weekly weather/crop highlights:
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EUROPE: Locally Heavy Rain Boosts Crop Prospects
- Widespread, locally heavy rain boosts prospects for small grains and oilseeds in England, France, Italy, and western Germany. However, the wet weather is slowing summer crop planting.
- Warm, showery weather improves soil moisture for winter wheat and rapeseed in Poland.
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NORTHWESTERN AFRICA: Additional Showers In Morocco
- Additional showers benefit immature winter grains in northern Morocco.
- Mostly sunny skies in Algeria and Tunisia favor filling winter wheat and barley.
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MIDDLE EAST: Late-Week Showers Benefit Turkish Grains
- Late-week showers and thunderstorms favor winter wheat and barley in Turkey.
- Warm, dry weather promotes winter crop maturation across the eastern Mediterranean.
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FSU: Western Warmth And Dryness Contrast With Beneficial Rain In The East
- Unseasonably warm, dry weather accelerates winter crop development across Belarus, Ukraine, and western Russia.
- In Kazakhstan and central Russia, beneficial rain boosts soil moisture for spring wheat planting.
- Showers in southern Kazakhstan slow cotton planting.
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SOUTH ASIA: Pre-Monsoon Rains Diminish
- Seasonally hot weather returns to most of India, as pre-monsoon showers diminish.
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EAST ASIA: Drier Weather For Wheat
- Sunny weather on the North China Plain, following last week’s rainfall, aids flowering winter wheat.
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