Regional News The dryness across Europe is easing with showers falling across Spain, western France, and Eastern Europe last week. For most of Europe, the seven-day precipitation anomaly shows little deviation from normal levels. The 15-day anomaly, however, shows that European crops are still facing overall dry conditions. The current seven-day forecast calls for ample rains across southern France, Italy, and portions of Southeast Europe while the 10-14-day outlook features good precipitation coverage across the whole of Europe. Southern Germany will receive heavy precipitation in the coming two weeks if the current outlook is correct. 

The Black Sea region remains dry with only limited rainfall occurring across key crop-growing r...