JRC MARS Bulletin - Crop monitoring in Europe, January 2022 Vol. 30 No 1
Winter crops in fair to good condition
Winter crops in most parts of Europe benefited from slightly warmer-than-usual temperatures and seasonal to above-seasonal precipitation during the review period (1 December to 15 January). These conditions allowed stands that were lagging behind in development to partially catch up, and currently, winter crops are generally in fair to good (or very good) condition. According to our crop model simulations, frost damage to winter cereals has so far not occurred. However, as another consequence of the mild conditions, the build-up of frost tolerance remains weak, with the exception of northern and central-eastern parts of Europe, where winter crops are almost or fully hardened by now.
The weak hardening of the winter crops in areas around the Black Sea, is of particular consideration. Precipitation was above average in this region, but mostly in the form of rain, or of snow that has melted since then; thus the snow cover is very limited, and a cold snap would lead to frost damages, especially in late-sown fields.
A marked rain deficit extending along the Mediterranean, from southern Spain to northern Italy has had no significant negative impact on winter crops so far.
In northern Africa, persisting drought conditions in Morocco negatively impacted the growth and development of winter crops, whereas rain is imminently needed to sustain adequate crop growth in western and central Algeria.
BEN AOUN Wassim;
CLAVERIE Martin;
SEGUINI Lorenzo;
TORETI Andrea;
MANFRON Giacinto;
CERRANI Iacopo;
PANARELLO Lorenzo;
BARUTH Bettina;
BASSU Simona;
BIAVETTI Irene;
CHEMIN Yann;
FUMAGALLI Davide;
LECERF Remi;
ZAJAC Zuzanna;
ZUCCHINI Antonio;
VAN DEN BERG Maurits;
MULHERN Grainne;
VAN DEN BERG Maurits;
2022-01-24
Publications Office of the European Union
JRC127957
2443-8278 (online),
OP KJ-AW-22-001-EN-N (online),
https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC127957,
10.2760/065151 (online),
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