The lull in rains may ultimately be short-lived in Western Europe. Significant contributions are in fact now announced during the end of January, but excess water are still reported in a large part of French, German and British production areas. Temperatures also rise to particularly high levels for the winter period.
In Russia too, winter is struggling to take hold and exposes crops to potential late frost, due to formations that are still too heterogeneous and temporary. snow blankets in the south of the country. The lack of rainfall in the main Russian winter wheat production area is also causing increasing concern among local producers.
Also in the United States, a new drop in temperatures to critical levels is recorded in the Midwest, particularly in Kansas, but the snow covers have been melting in the region for almost two weeks. In South America, weather maps also struggle to reassure. Argentina certainly records some rain since last weekend, but these remain insufficient to make up the deficit of recent weeks, while temperatures remain very high in the country. In Brazil, on the contrary, it is excess rain that deteriorates the condition of soybean crops and delays the first harvests.
