Accumulated rainfall for January to April 2014was below the five-year and thirteen-year average, while temperature and accumulated PAR were above average. Biomass was far below in comparison with both reference periods. During the monitoring period, the winter grains are grown, and planting of summer crops started in April. The environmental indices indicate poor growing conditions for winter crops in the current season and crops will be affected; this is confirmed by the biomass decrease of 10percentage points. Crop condition below the five-year average for January to April was found in the majority of the Western and Central Anatolia region, and the Mersin and Hatay provinces in the Mediterranean region. Other regions underwent favorable conditions mostly from March to April, especially in the Central-Eastern Anatolia and Thrace regions. The outlook for the winter crop season is unfavorable.

(a) Crop condition development graph based on NDVI                                       (b) Maximum VCI