Drought and crop forecasts in Europe

IUNG-PIB has developed climatic water balance values for all Polish communes and, based on soil categories, has determined the current agricultural drought risk in these communes. The water deficit, which reaches critical values, is still present in the center of the country and in Wielkopolska. Meanwhile, for several days, heavy rainfall has accompanied south-eastern and eastern Poland. Here, the harvest of rapeseed is intertwined with rainfall. How are crop prices at the end of the week? On the Paris stock exchange, prices of cereals and EU rapeseed fell on Wednesday. The prices in the surveyed collection points vary. Either they stay at the level from the beginning of the ...