WORLD CROP WEATHER SUMMARY -- USDA/NOAA Dry weather covered most European crop areas in the week ended March 14, except for those in southwestern France, southern Italy, and Greece, the Joint Agricultural Weather Facility of the U.S. Agriculture and Commerce Departments said. In its International Weather and Crop sumary, the agency said mixed rain and snow covered Greece. Winter grains in England, France, and northern Italy remained dormant. Grains usuaually break dormancy in March. Winter grains in Eastern Europe usually break dormancy in early April, it said. Showers improved irrigation supplies in winter wheat areas of northern Pakistan and northern India, it said. Normally, wheat harvesting is well underwaty in central India and just beginnning to the north, ending in most areas by late April. Showers improved irrigation supplies in southern India, reversing February's below-normal trend. Summer rice is usually in or nearing reproduction in most southern areas, it said. In the Philippines, most rainfall was restricted to the central islands, continuing February's drying trend in Luzon and southern Mindanao. Locally heavy showers dotted Indonesia and Malaysia as rainfall generally decreased eastward through the islands. In February locally heavy showers may have caused flooding in Java, it said. The second cnsecutive week of dry weather stressed Moroccan winter grains, approaching teh heading stage, the agency said. Light to moderate rain spread from northern Thailand to Northern Vietnam as dry weather prevailed elsewhere in Southeast Asia. Dry weather covered winter grain areas in western and central Algeria, but soil moisture was likely adequate to meet crop demands, it said. Light showers in eastern Algeria and Tunisia maintained adequate moisture for crop growth, it said. Timely rains will be needed in the next several weeks as winter grains advance through the critical reproductive phase, the agency said.