Dry and cold. Conditions for winter wheat are more difficult than in the last two years.

Published Feb 1, 2026

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In previous seasons, at the beginning of February in some regions - especially in the southwest, where vegetation starts earlier - nitrogen application in rapeseed was sometimes planned. This year, nobody is thinking about it. It is cold and dry. We are checking how the atmospheric conditions shaped up in February in the last two seasons.

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February 2025 dry, and temperatures within the multi-year average According to data presented by IMGW, February 2025 was a month when the temperature was close to the multi-year average. The average mercury readings were recorded at -0.5 ºC. However, the issue with precipitation has become somewhat of a tradition. Here, in different parts of the country, the differences were significant. For example, in northern Greater Poland, there were snowfalls and rain, while in the southwestern regions of the country, there were virtually no precipitations. At the same time, the deficiencies of regulations related to nitrogen fertilization were once again exposed. The thermal threshold was exceeded in regions where field conditions often made it impossible to apply fertilizers, and in regions where entry was possible, there was no permission to apply N (because it was, for example, 0.1 ºC away from exceeding the thermal threshold). Returning, however, to precipitation. The average total ...
Source: Farmer.pl

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