In China’s Northeast, theperiod from April to July 2014 mainly covers the growing of spring maize,spring wheat, one-season rice, and soybean. Overall and across the monitoringperiod, crop condition was slightly above the recent five-year average. TheNDVI clusters and profiles also illustrate this, with 30.6% of the area being belowaverage (mostly Liaoning and the central part of Jilin province). This also coincideswith maximum VCI (VCIx) values between 0.5 and 0.8. Overall, the average VCIxof the area for the current period is 0.85, indicating good crop condition.Over the reporting period, only 0.5% of arable land was uncropped. The CropWatchagroclimatic and agronomic indicators indicate that the region experienced a 9%drop in rainfall (RAIN) (compared to the thirteen-year average), while airtemperature (TEMP) and PAR (RADPAR) accumulation were just above average. Biomassaccumulation (BIOMSS) was 42% above the five-year average. Some reports fromlocal governments focus on the severe drought that occurred in some areas,especially in Jilin and Liaoning in July, but the drought did not affect allcrops in the region.