Iran (Islamic Republic of)

In Iran, harvest of winter wheat finalized in July with favourable prospects thanks to average to above average crop biomass across the country except in few areas that had pockets of below average biomass (Fars and Bushehr in the south, the southern half of Khorasan, and Ghazvin and Tehran in the centre north). Rice harvest has started in the north with average (Gilan) to above average prospects (Mazadaran) as suggested by crop biomass while in the south rice is still in vegetative growth with average (Fars) to above average (Khuzestan) biomass.