Russia experienced average climate conditions from July to October. The spring wheat and maize harvest begins from August and the winter wheat planting starts from August. Cropped arable land increased 1% compared with the last five years’ average. Russia experienced slightly dry and cold condition in these four months. Precipitation below the recent average (-5%) and the temperature was significantly lower than average (-0.8 °C.) The BIOMSS index rose 1% over the last five-year average.

As shown in the NDVI development graph, crop condition was close to last year's and slightly below the last 5 years average. In the Caucasus and <XXXX north of Siberia ??? XXXX> including Krasnodarskiy Kray, Stavropolskiy Oblast, Bashkortostan Republic, Chelyabinskaya and Kurganskaya Oblasts, due to the cold weather (temperature departure below -1 °C), the NDVI sharply decreased before October compared with the last five years. In middle of Central Federal District