Tula region in Russia may introduce a state of emergency due to unharvested crops
Russia
Published Nov 16, 2022
Tridge summary
In 2022, the sown area in the Tula region exceeded 970 thousand hectares. This is 35,000 more than last year, said Alexei Stepin, Minister of Agriculture of the region, at a public hearing on the budget on November 15.
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As for harvesting, 91% of grain crops (that's 2.5 million tons) have been harvested in the Tula region to date. Rapeseed harvest - 230 thousand tons - became a record in the history of the Tula region. “Unfortunately, unfavorable weather conditions in September-October of this year significantly slowed down the pace of harvesting. To date, there are unharvested areas: about 30% of potatoes, vegetables, sunflowers. There are already recorded facts of the death of the crop. Currently, the ...
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