Frosts down to –30 °C can harm winter crops, but it is too early to talk about the scale of possible losses — Adamenko

A sharp cold snap to -30 °C at the beginning of February poses a real threat to winter crops in several 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 frost and subsequent weather conditions, Latifundist.com reported. Tetyana Adamenko, head of the agrometeorology department at the Hydrometeorological Center of Ukraine, stated: "We are indeed expecting a sharp drop in temperature: to -25…–30 °C in the north-western regions. In central regions, it will be -20…–25 °C, and in the south, it will be down to -20 °C," Adamenko said. 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 ...