FEATURE: WEATHER PROBLEMS HAVING LITTLE IMPACT ON MARKET Percent of normal rainfall for April 1-21 in Europe 0-25% 25-50% 50-75% 75-100% 100-150% 150-200% 200-300% 300-400% >400% Drought actually has been chronic for nearly two years, but the summer heat wave in 2018-19 will be remembered for a very long period of time. Now, the focus of attention is on wheat, barley and canola planting. Rain must start falling soon to support a favorable planting season. Rain already has evolved recently in portions of southern Australia, but so far the precipitation has managed to miss key grain and oilseed production areas. Ocean and atmospheric conditions from the eastern Indian Ocean across Australia to the southZHVWHUQ3DFL¿F2FHDQDUHH[SHFWHGWREHVXSSRUWLYH of rainfall this autumn. World Weather, Inc. believes that timely precipitation is bound to evolve to support planting in a more favorable manner than what some analysts fear. Queensland and northern New South :DOHVPD\KROGRQWRVRPHPRLVWXUHGH¿FLWVEHFDXVH RI(O1LxREXWWKHUHVKRXOGEHVXI¿FLHQWPRLVWXUHIRU good wheat, barley and canola planting. The establishment and production potential of those crops will then be determined by El Niño and the lunar cycle for the Southern Hemisphere spring. For now, that outlook is still promising. FLOODING DELAYS U.S. PLANTING And that brings us to the United States. Flooding remains widespread on numerous rivers and streams in the western Midwest. Some farms are still either submerged or partially submerged in water. Worry over a SUNFLOWER SEEDS PROCESSING PLANTS With SCHULE machines, a large part of the high-quality biological sunflower seeds from ecological cultivation are processed. The SCHULE technology provides for a high economic efficiency and seed yield of this valuable product. F.H. SCHULE Mühlenbau GmbH Dieselstrasse 5-9 · 21465 Reinbek Hamburg, Germany +49 (0) 40 72 77 10 schule@akahl.de · schulefood.dehttp://www.schulefood.de