The improvement is confirmed in France and the Black Sea

The improvement is confirmed in Western Europe. Weather maps still do not predict any significant rain during the next fortnight, while temperatures should remain mild during the period. This return to a dry and mild climate allows a clear acceleration of winter cereal sowing and spring crop harvests, after an excessively wet first half of autumn. In Russia, on the contrary, new rainfall has significantly improved the conditions for the development of winter wheat crops since mid-October. The Volga and the Central Federal District have recorded welcome accumulations in recent days, while the South of the country now has satisfactory water conditions. In Ukraine too, climatic risks have, for the moment, been ruled out. The arrival of rain has also reassured the American Midwest in recent days, and weather maps predict new significant rainfall over seven days. The concentration and intensity of these showers predicted ...