Dormant winter wheat remained insulated by a moderate to
deep snowpack over much of the region.
Winter crop areas from central Ukraine into central Russia
remained covered by 10 to 50cm of snow.
However, a second consecutive week of warmer-than-normal
weather (2-4°C above normal) kept southern portions of Russia’s Southern
District (Krasnodar Krai) snow free, though mild minimum temperatures (-6 to
-1°C) posed no threat to dormant winter wheat.