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Production Estimates and Crop Assessment Division
Foreign Agricultural Service

Winter grains typically need approximately 5 millimeters of moisture for good germination and emergence.  Despite recent dryness in the Danube Valley extending into southern Bulgaria, surface moisture was adequate for emerging winter crops throughout the Balkans.

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Updated: October 21, 2005

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