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Too Wet, Too Dry: Wheat Season Gets Off to a Mixed Start

6 Nov 2019

• 6 Nov 10:06

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While British grain growers hope for a dry spell to speed up planting in rain-saturated fields, newly-sown farms on the other end of the continent in Ukraine are in need of a good soak before winter. The winter-grain planting period is drawing to a close across the Northern Hemisphere, and young crops across some of the world’s top exporters face a mixed bag of conditions. Excess rain is slowing planting in parts of western Europe, while the east has seen too little -- as have the U.S. Plains. Powerhouse Russia, meanwhile, got off to a good start. After sowing, wheat and barley will lie dormant as frigid temperatures set in, and the yields will ultimately be. Read more...