Excessive rainfall is causing concern in Western Europe

Due to the difficult conditions, the harvest of summer crops is lagging behind, especially in Western Europe, and it is questionable whether the crops will grow anywhere at all. Some farmers appear to have to postpone the sowing of winter crops to the spring of 2024. The European Meteorological Institute JRC reports this in the Mars bulletin for November. In Southeastern Europe, on the other hand, dry conditions cause setbacks. Sown winter crops such as grains sometimes germinate poorly and develop poorly. In Southern Europe, persistent above-average temperatures and scarce precipitation are delaying the sowing of winter wheat. The photo shows that the wheat on a plot in northeastern Spain was already neatly at the top last week. Potato and beet harvest is difficult According to JRC, ...