EU: winter sowing without major problems, but with regional differences The agro-meteorological Institute of the European Commission (MARS) space based on the has in the month issue November 2016 the conditions for winter sowing for the European Climate data evaluated. In the result but in certain regions assumes average conditions, differ. Large parts of Spain, France and Germany experienced medium conditions, which themselves only phased in drought and temperatures too low for the season made noticeable. Despite these limitations, the order works are well-advanced and the seed stalls will be judged well on average. Largely Ireland and in the western regions of the UK lacked sufficient Rainfall which led to food shortages in particular in there prevailing grazing areas. Too little rain have received also the southern and Eastern parts of Spain. Pronounced in Algeria and Morocco, as well as in the Central and Eastern regions of Turkey was dry. Strip , however, got of eastern Poland, Belarus, Romania and some another Balkans far above-average rainfall, which partly led to order difficulties. A cold wave between - 5 to-10 degrees Celsius ranged from Northeastern of Russia coming to far after Poland and in the Black Sea region into it. A cold snap was also Denmark and large parts of Schleswig-Holstein. Frost damage were not known. Some planned winter sowing areas remained but uncultivated. As a whole is to assume that the winter crops with good average requirements go in the winter. With regard to the land order, no significant shortcomings are also expected. After the very weak EU harvest 2016 under the reservation of yield-critical is expected early summer phase again a minimum average harvest of 2017.
