Temperatures were mixed last week with central and southern China 1-4C higher than normal but the northeast seeing normal seasonal temperatures. Some areas of the northeast also saw rains between 25-50mm which slowed down the drying of crops.
Early frosts also started in Inner Mongolia, Heilongjiang, and Jilin, but this shouldn’t have a major impact on yields at this point.
In central regions, such as Henan, precipitation was heavy, and the National Meteorological Center noted that rains were “a...