Regional News  In its latest crop monitoring bulletin, the EU Commission’s MARS division noted few to no negative impacts on winter crops from the sudden shift to cold temperatures after a wet autumn. Crops were still vulnerable to frost after the warmer-than-normal fall conditions, but the cold snap has reportedly offered little impact. The major impacts, however, were from the wet sowing conditions for much of western Europe, including France, Germany, and the Benelux countries. French officials have noted that their expected soft wheat sowings will fall 10 percent shy of expectations due to the wet conditions. Heading into the new year, temperatures are expected to remain above-average for most of the continent with below-ave...