Winter crops in a large part of the EU are in a mediocre state

According to the March MARS report, winter crops in a large part of the EU have been adversely affected by adverse weather conditions since the start of the season. In particular, in the northern regions of Europe, excessively wet conditions in combination with frost have negatively affected winter crops, which is why the most affected fields are expected to be replanted with warm crops. Also, excessively wet conditions have been recorded since autumn in the east of Europe, which delayed the emergence of seedlings and complicated the development of winter crops. At the same time, in Romania and Bulgaria, winter crops suffer from a constant lack of precipitation, which especially affects the development of winter rapeseed crops. In this regard, MARS experts forecast the average yield of soft wheat in ...