No crops are grown from early October 2013 to late January2014 in North-east China due to the low temperature. Ample snow and light inDecember ensure good soil moisture, which will benefit spring crops in 2014.The national environmental indices monitored by CropWatch indicate that averagetemperature for northeast China was slightly below average, compared to thetwelve-year average (2001-2013), while rainfall (+68 percent) was well aboveaverage. PAR (2 percent) was just about average.

Figure4.4. Crop condition China North-east region