Farmers from the south of Odesa region see no point in threshing sunflower — drought destroyed the harvest.

An abnormally dry summer in the Odesa region has led to a loss of sunflower crop in farms. Farmers have stated that harvesting is unprofitable. This is reported by Suspilne. By the way, a similar picture is observed in other southern regions — in Mykolaiv, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia. In particular, in the Mykolaiv region, sunflower is being threshed with a yield over 60% lower than last year. Farmer Oleksandr Pidkul said that his sunflower crop this summer suffered from the heat. "During the day, the flowers wilted, turned yellow prematurely, and dried out. There is no moisture at all in the meter-thick soil layer. And there were also frosts down to minus five degrees. So, there is practically no point in driving combines into the fields," commented Oleksandr. The farmer added that harvesting the crop will be more expensive than what can be earned from selling the grain. According to the man, in the southern Odesa region, "everything is burned out, there is no sunflower anywhere." ...