A cold snap to -30 °C poses a threat to winter crops in the south and central regions.

A sharp cold snap to -30 °C, which is forecast for early February, poses a real threat to winter crops in a number of regions of Ukraine, primarily in the south and central parts of the country due to insufficient snow cover. However, it is too early to talk about the scale of possible losses, as they will depend on the duration of the frosts and subsequent weather conditions, Latifundist.com was informed by Tetyana Adamenko, head of the agrometeorology department at the Hydrometeorological Center of Ukraine. "We are indeed expecting a sharp drop in temperature: to -25... –30 °C in the north-western regions. In the central regions — –20…–25 °C, and in the south — to –20 °C," Adamenko noted. According to her, the most dangerous situation is in the southern, central, and partially eastern regions, where the snow cover is insufficient — less than 5 cm or completely absent. It is there that the real threat of freezing, primarily of winter barley and rapeseed, is growing. As for wheat, ...