Good to excellent conditions continued for vegetative to
reproductive small grains and cotton.
In the spring wheat belt of northern Kazakhstan and central
Russia, moderate to heavy showers (10-50 mm) were beneficial for reproductive
spring barley (Volga and Urals Districts) as well as jointing to heading spring
wheat (from northern Kazakhstan and environs into the Siberia District).
Meanwhile, sunny skies and seasonable heat (38-42°C)
promoted the development of flowering cotton (which is heavily irrigated) in
eastern Uzbekistan and Tajikistan.