Rain fronts with storm deposits endanger the expected high EU crop A precipitation front of France over large parts of Germany and the southeastern part of the EU prior to South Russia have led to floods with local disasters. Agricultural the large amounts of rain have pressed the cereal stocks in the warehouse . Fields are partially under water. Others are partially impassable. The humid conditions are best conditions for fungi and other yield-reducing infections. In France, the biggest EU cereal farmers, it has affected the Central and Eastern parts especially, while it remained dry in a strip along the Atlantic coast. The Seine threatens to go over the river and to fill in other parts of the country. The stock assessments are already lower down, but still have not recognized the recent rain events. In Germany , the northeastern part has been spared. In the Centre and in the South fear large damage which were hit by heavy rain falls in addition to hail. In the next South-East countries such as Czech Republic Slovenia, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria are known there is no exact information. Also in the the Black Sea States heavy rains have been in parts to watch, without so far details are available. In addition to the quantitative yield loss will with inferior qualities must reckon. Especially the Rohproteingehalte could be significantly lower. In Northern Europe it has, however, remained relatively dry . There more precipitation would have been after the dry period in may desirable. The coming harvest forecasts will use first sign of a possible reduction of the EU crop, although only the result will be clear with the first results of the DRUSCH.
