date:Jul 08, 2014
vary around the country, Rukwied said. Wheat plants in north Germany, a key grain belt for exports, were in good condition but plants in the south were showing clear signs of dryness stress, he said. But both wheat and rapeseed benefited from Germany's mild winter which meant low frost damage, he said. Rapeseed flowered early in April and a continued return to rapeseed yields in the long-term average is hoped for following very small crops in 2011 and 2012, Rukwied said.
Germany's 2014 grain h