Ukraine: Grain yield may drop to 15% due to weather conditions - Vysotsky
Ukraine
Published Jun 14, 2022
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The Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food has made a preliminary forecast of grain yields. This was announced by First Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food Taras Vysotsky in a comment to AgroPortal.
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"Obviously, the harvest will be lower than last year. Winter wheat - 40 c / ha (last year it was 45 c / ha), winter rye - 33 c / ha (it was 35 c / ha), winter barley - 35 c / ha (it was 42 c / ha). We expect that this year's yield will be 10-15% lower, "he said. According to Vysotsky, winter crops were affected by weather factors, because they were laid on the full technology in the fall, fertilization was carried out. In spring crops, farmers used less intensive cultivation technology. He also added that farmers do not save on innovative technologies. “Farmers can change crops to unpretentious ones (yes, the amount of millet and buckwheat has increased) or reduce the share of innovative crops. At the same time, it should be understood that the purpose of innovative technologies is to reduce the unit cost of the product. There may be more investment per hectare, but they then give a lower cost of goods. That is, in conditions of temporarily limited financial resources, it is ...
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