Rain too late for European crops, only beets can still benefit
Sugar Beet
Published Sep 21, 2022
Tridge summary
The rain that has fallen in Europe in recent weeks came too late for summer crops to take advantage of it. As a result, yield forecasts have been revised downwards even further, especially in regions where the heat and drought have persisted. This is according to the Mars bulletin of September from the meteorological institute Joint Research Center (JRC).
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For example, the rain in Italy brought some relief in the northeast. But in central and northwestern regions of the country, farmers continue to deal with low soil moisture and reduced water availability for irrigation. In Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg (Benelux) and West Germany, the drought lasted until the first days of September. According to JRC, this mainly had negative consequences for grain and silage maize, sugar beet and potatoes. Rainfall in Hungary and Romania since mid-August improved the conditions for preparing the seedbed and sowing winter crops. North Europe Growers in Northern Europe were annoyed by the dry ...
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