Although in the Kherson region wheat, rapeseed, sunflower, peas, and barley remain priorities, an increasing number of farmers are switching to growing vegetables, which are less vulnerable to fires.
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Although wheat, rapeseed, sunflower, peas, and barley remain the priorities in the Kherson region, an increasing number of farmers are switching to growing vegetables, which are less vulnerable to fires. This is reported by "Vgoru". Every year, more and more farms are growing vegetables because there is compensation from the state for up to 80% of irrigation costs, which stimulates the development of this direction, said the head of the Association of Farmers and Private Landowners of the Kherson region, Viktor Gordienko. These are not the volumes that were before the explosion of the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Station; now the main source of water is the Inhulets River, he noted. But farmers are installing pumping stations and expanding melon crops. This year, they plan to sow 2,000 hectares of melon crops, of which 1,500 hectares are allocated for watermelons. At the same time, the proximity to the front forces farmers to choose crops that are less vulnerable to fires—rapeseed ...