CHINA CROP WEATHER SUMMARY -- USDA/NOAA Moderate to heavy rain continued over early double-crop rice areas in eastern Guangxi, Guanghdong, eastern Hunan, Jiangxi, Fujian, and Zhejiang in the week ended March 28, the Joint Agricultural Weather Facility of the U.S. Agriculture and Commerce Departments said. In its International Weather and Crop summary, the agency said The moisture lessened the need for irrigation. Moisture for early rice planting is adequate to abundant in most areas, and inundative rain in Guangdong and southern Jiangxi may have washed out some rice fields requiring replanting. Light showers in southern Sichuan increased topsoil moisture for corn planting, which likely is off to a slow start due to earlier dryness, it said. In the North China Plain, dry weather covered winter wheat in the vegetative stage, and rain is needed to meet increasing crop moisture requirements, it said. Weekly temperatures in the North China Plain were near normal, the agency noted.