This is the 7419th most frequent Japanese word.
作況
"作況" means "crop condition" or "harvest situation."
The word '作況' refers to the conditions of agricultural crops, specifically rice in the given sentence.
今年の全国の米の作況は例年よりも良好です。
This year's nationwide rice crop conditions are better than usual.
Here, '作況' is used to describe the variability in crop conditions depending on the region.
地域ごとに作況に差があります。
There are differences in crop conditions between different regions.
In this context, '作況' is part of a finding from a survey focusing on agriculture crop conditions.