A32—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 5,1981
Beneficial rain falls on many global crop areas
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Needed
rain fell on many of the world’s
crop areas last week while freezing
temperatures and snow brought a
halt to the harvest in parts of the
United States, according to a
weekly report issued today by the.
Joint Agricultural Weather
Facility of the U.S. Department of
Commerce and Agriculture.
Highlights of the report follow:
—United States. Cold air spilled
southward across the Great Plains
at mid-jjeek, following the
season’s first major snowstorm. At
week’s end, snow on the ground
halted harvest efforts from
Nebraska north to Montana, and
east into New England.
Subfreezing temperatures ex
tended to sections of all Gulf Coast
states by the weekend. Mostly fair
weather aided the harvest in the
Southern states.
—USSR. Widespread
precipitation improved subsoil
moisture conditions in the western
Ukraine. Modest precipitation fell
on northern and central winter
wheat 'areas where cold tem
peratures have induced dormancy.
Generally dry weather prevailed
over the Volga Valley and
southeastern areas where winter
wheat also has entered dormancy.
In western areas near the Caspian
Sea, widespread rains have
maintained favorable conditions
for early wheat growth.
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—Europe. Dry weather persisted
over the southwestern put of the
region. Limited topsoil moisture
further delayed winter grain
sowing m the Iberian Peninsula.
Rainfall in northwestern Europe
maintained favorable conditions
for the early growth of winter
grains. In the northeast, favorable
precipitation maintained adequate
soil moisture supplies for winter
wheat, most of which is now
dormant. Below-normal tem
peratures allowed only limited
wheat growth in the southeast.
—Mexico. Sunny, mild weather
aided thee com, citrus and
sugarcane harvest in the east and
development of winter vegetables
and wheat along the West Coast.
—South American. Argentina’s
crop areas received mostly light
rain, except in Santa Fe, Cordoba
and extreme eastern Buenos Aires
where heavier rainfall slowed
fieldwork early in the week.
Planting of coarse grams,
sunflowers and first-crop soybeans
was underway in all areas. The
first crop comprises about 85
percent of the total soybean crop.
Sunflower planting is complete in
northern crop areas.
Widespread showers in Brazil
provided ample moisture for com
and soybean growth, but interfered
with the wheat harvest in Rio
Grande do Sul where 95 percent of
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—Australia. Locally heavy
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—lndia. Mostly dry weather
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—China. Generally dry weather
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and Morocco, Winter grains
planting is underway in Tunisia
and eastern Algeria. Persistent
dry weather has further delayed
planting in Morocco and western
Algeria.
—South Africa. Beneficial
showers in much of the corn
growing region provided need
moisture for planting. The ram
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and western portions of the com
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