In Rivne region, all agrarians will have to dry grain — opinion

For farmers in the Rivne region, the current season has been challenging: a prolonged and cold spring with frosts, lack of precipitation in the summer, and a month of rains in the fall that delay harvesting. This year, the grain moisture content is very high, so everyone will likely need to dry it, said Pavlo Kreshchuk, regional director of the Western region of VITAGRO PARTNER, writes SuperAgronom.com. According to him, this will also affect the final production result. "In the region where I work, there were farms that resow wheat. This wheat came out of winter well, started to resume vegetation, then several waves of frost hit and practically destroyed these crops. Then there was a very difficult situation with germination, the soil was not warmed up. Then there was a dry August when they could not sow the same rapeseed in time, there was no moisture. And now there is a month of rains that delay harvesting. Drying will also affect the final production result, this year the ...