No crops were cultivated in Inner Mongolia over the reporting period due to the seasonally low temperatures. Crops started to be sowed only from late April, along with gradually increasing temperatures. Considering agroclimatic indicators in the first four months of this year, rainfall indices were above average (RAIN +35 %), TEMP was slightly up and the PAR accumulation was above average (RADPAR, +6%), resulting in a potential biomass increase of 27%. VCIx was below 0.5 in most areas, which is of little agronomic significance at this time of the year. Stored soil moisture is abundant and will benefit the germination of crops and grazing lands alike. It is just very early stage of crop growing in April. If this conditions continue in the future, the outcome may be an good season.

(a)Crop condition development graph based on NDVI

(b)Spatial NDVI patterns compared to 5YA                                (c)NDVI profiles

(d)Maximum VCI

(e)Biomass