Unfavourable prospects for current crops | Food supply shortfall in current marketing year requiring exceptional assistance | Unfavourable crop prospects and food supply shortfall |
EUROPE: Weather conditions for winter grains planting have been generally favourable throughout the EC. Grain production in the CIS west of Urals, in particular in Russia and Ukraine, has sharply recovered from a shrinking agricultural sector in the 1990s. However, winter planting activities have been affected by bad weather conditions in Ukraine, Belarus and parts of Russia. |