Frost damage to crops is relatively low in Europe despite a cold spell which hit the continent earlier this month, although some parts of the south-eastern part of the EU and Scandinavia could suffer some damage, the EU's crop monitoring unit, MARS, said on Monday.
Most of Europe has experienced significantly colder than usual weather in recent weeks, raising concerns over the impact on grain crops. The first half of January was among the coldest on MARS' records dating from 1975 in south-eastern Europe, Hungary and Slovakia, it said.
However, frost tolerance in many countries has prevented major winterkill, it said.
"Frost damages have been relatively minor so far, and, in accordance with the latest weather forecast, no further frost-kill damages are expected between now and the end of January," MARS said in its monthly report. However, it noted that the intense cold spell that hit central Europe in the January 6-11 period, combined with weak snowfall in some regions, resulted in frost damage in parts of Hungary, Slovakia, southern Sweden, Denmark and Romania.
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