Peak frosts do not threaten the harvest of winter crops — Vysotsky

The record-breaking frosts that Ukraine has experienced in recent weeks will not harm the future harvest. Preliminary results of the monitoring of winter crops do not give grounds to speak about large-scale losses, Deputy Minister of Economy, Environment, and Agriculture of Ukraine Taras Vysotskyi reported on the television channel "1+1". "In individual farms, mainly in the central, south-eastern regions, where there was insufficient snow cover or an ice crust formed, there may be a need for partial reseeding. However, there is no issue on a national scale. We will form the final conclusions at the end of February - beginning of March after summarizing data from all regions," noted Taras Vysotskyi. According to him, in the autumn, farmers sowed over 5 million hectares of winter grain crops and more than 1 million hectares of rapeseed. Currently, comprehensive monitoring of the state of crops is ongoing, including the collection of samples for laboratory analysis. By the way, ...