Europe weather: between hope and fears for the new crop It is still not too late. A mild wintering in the winter - spring period the cultures so far has to helped a good average level of development . Missing rainfall in the spring months are still not so dramatically that they can be compensated not in the aftermath. Therefore the agro-meteorological Institute of the EU (MARS) comes to the conclusion that on the basis of the recent climate data above-average yields calculate leave. Is nevertheless stressed that the previous data material may be the future development of overrated. Alone the cold wave could have caused more irrevocable damage crops in the flowering stage, as currently definitely is. The current cold weather period brings a lower evaporation ratein addition to some rainfall, but the ground water reserves are relatively low. It is therefore urgent that the future precipitation is greater than fall more to replenish the reserves. Pronounced rain deficits of more than 50% compared to the long-term average there are in the northeast of France via Belgium, parts of the Netherlands and neighboring Germany. Even bigger fails the rain deficit in the North-Western of Spain and much of Italy via Austria to Hungary and Romania. Overall, the western part of Europe with 10% to 50% has get too little precipitation . This is true mainly for Northern France and large parts of Germany. Poen and adjacent areas, the situation in the average is better, but there are also regions with rain deficiency. The solid mid-April cold snap with night frosts up to-6 degrees should have left significant impairments over large parts of Central and southern Germany, Austria and South-Eastern Europe. Next to the tree and shrub flowers also flowering rapeseed strikes affected are likely to be drawn. The true extent of the damage will be to see the DRUSCH results until later. Crucial for further development is favourable weather experience in the yield-forming months of May and June in addition to sufficient heat must not close the plant-available water. And ultimately the hope depends on cheap harvest weather, and this something must be dry.
