Crops in the United Kingdom showed below average conditions during the period from January to April 2016. Currently, wheat, winter barley, and rapeseed are in the vegetative stages. CropWatch agroclimatic indicators show that rainfall was above average (+49%), with slightly below average radiation (RADPAR, -3%) and temperature (TEMP, -1.3°C). With the positive moisture BIOMSS is expected to increase by 5% compared to the five-year average, in spite of cool temperature. National NDVI values were usually below average according to the crop condition development graph, except in the south-east (22.9% of arable land). Altogether, considering the average VCIx value of 0.77, output is expected to be average. 

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

(c)Spatial NDVI patterns compared to 5YA                                            (d) NDVI profile