Belarus: The farmers repeat, without slowing down the pace of field work
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Maize (Corn)
Published Jun 7, 2023
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Lack of rain is a word rarely used, but today it better than other phrases and terms characterizes the situation in the fields and explains the fears of the villagers. Experts and farmers assure that it is too early to make pessimistic forecasts, while the weather conditions are called extreme, recalling the cold beginning of spring, night frosts, and most importantly, the prolonged lack of rain.
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Rainlessness is a word rarely used, but today it characterizes the situation in the fields better than other phrases and terms and explains the fears of the villagers. Experts and farmers assure that it is too early to make pessimistic forecasts, while the weather conditions are called extreme, recalling the cold beginning of spring, night frosts, and most importantly, the prolonged lack of rain. At the end of last week, Belhydromet stated a significant reduction in soil moisture in the arable horizon under cereal crops, winter rapeseed and perennial grasses compared to mid-May. Low reserves of productive moisture in the Brest, Minsk, Gomel regions and in other regions in some areas. According to visual assessments of a number of meteorological stations in the Vitebsk, Minsk and Gomel regions, the condition of cereal crops has deteriorated: yellowing, twisting and drying of the leaves have begun. Weak rains in places took place in a number of regions, including last weekend, but ...
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