AgWeb reported this week that the mild winter experienced in Europe this year has led to a potentially bumper crop in wheat there this year. This may add to an oversupply of the grain due to a surge in production over the last two seasons. They report that “crops are about two weeks ahead of normal pace in France and are in mostly good condition in Germany and the U.K. after escaping damage from cold this winter.” You can read the rest of the story here. A map of global winter temperature anomalies can be found just below showing the warmth in the Northern Hemisphere.
Meanwhile, at home in the US, cold temperatures the last few days may have damaged some of the winter wheat crop in the High Plains. AgWeb has a story on this here. And in Georgia, Jay Hathorn in the Nochaway Ag update notes the presence of leaf rust in some commercial fields in Mitchell and Randolph Counties here.
