Regional News Favorable rains forecast for Europe in the coming week will aid winter crop development and help recently planted spring crops establish and germinate. Rains are badly needed across the UK and most of western Europe while scattered showers across eastern Europe and Ukraine will help those regions dry out from abundant rainfall so far. Temperatures will remain cool, however, which will not help crop germination catch up from its current delay.
Ukraine’s spring grain planting effort is 58 percent complete and favorable early season conditions suggest the grain crop could total 75 MMT this year. Last year’s all-grain crop totaled 65 MMT. Russia issued a ban on the exports of buckwheat, buckwheat groat...
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Kolkwitzia amabilis /kɒlˈkwɪtsiə əˈmæbɪlɪs/,[2] commonly known as beauty bush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Caprifoliaceae. It is the sole species in genus Kolkwitzia.[1] It is a deciduous shrub grown as an ornamental plant. In China, where it originated, the plant is cal...
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