51. JRC MARS Bulletin - Crop monitoring in Europe, June 2019 Vol. 27 No. 6
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BARUTH BETTINA, BASSU SIMONA, BUSSAY ATTILA, CEGLAR ANDREJ, CERRANI IACOPO, CHEMIN YANN, FUMAGALLI DAVIDE, LECERF REMI, MANFRON GIACINTO, NISINI SCACCHIAFICHI LUIGI, PANARELLO LORENZO, SEGUINI LORENZO, TORETI ANDREA, VAN DEN BERG MAURITS, VAN DER VELDE MARIJN, WEISSTEINER CHRISTOF, ZAJAC ZUZANNA, ZUCCHINI ANTONIO, BIAVETTI IRENE, VAN DEN BERG MAURITS, BARUTH BETTINA, NIEMEYER STEFAN, and VAN DER VELDE MARIJN
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Beneficial rainfall in northern and northern-central Europe contributed to an improved outlook in regions that experienced a dry spell in April. Abundant rainfall in Italy, and southern central and eastern Europe also provided benefits in terms of improved water supply. However, this wet weather combined with below average temperatures, hampering summer crop growth in large parts of these regions. In contrast, hot and dry conditions in the Iberian Peninsula, reduced yield expectations for the main winter crops and spring barley. Moreover, water reservoirs are at below-average fill levels, which could possibly lead to restrictions on water use for irrigation of summer crops later in the season. At EU level, the overall yield outlook for cereals slightly improved comparing to our previous forecast in May. Grain maize and sunflower yield expectations are distinctly above the five-year average, reflecting the favourable conditions in large parts of south-eastern Europe., JRC.D.5-Food Security
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- 2019