Ukraine: NAAS told how this year's weather conditions affected rice and vegetable crops

Unprecedented intensity of downpours in the arid south, in particular in the Kherson region, this year was caused not only by grain crops, but also by vegetables - tomatoes, sweet peppers, eggplants and potatoes. The Voice of Ukraine writes about this. Examining the demonstration plots of the experimental farm of the Rice Institute, farmers and scientists summarize that the crops are in good condition. "Against this disappointing background, rice plantations look better: they were sown in May, and the plants are only 10-15 cm long, so right now they are not threatened. They are vulnerable to this phenomenon in August, but such rains are not forecast for that period. Is it over? Yes, but not without other difficulties connected with weather vicissitudes ", - the director of research economy of Institute of rice of NAAS of Ukraine (Skadovsky area), the candidate of economic sciences Valentina Umanskaya tells. According to her, sunny days in this atypical June are so rare that you ...