Ukraine: Poltava Oblast expected a soybean yield of no more than 2 t/ha

Due to the long drought in the region, soybean yields of up to 2 t/ha should be expected, which is half as much as last year. Philip Pronin, head of Poltava OVA, told Suspilno about this. He noted that due to the lack of moisture, the culture grew unevenly. In some places it still throws out flowers, and in some places it has dry, empty pods. Vadym Slizko, a farmer from Poltava region, who cultivates more than 100 hectares and grows corn, sunflower and soybeans, sowed 50 hectares with beans this year. He says the soybean harvest was good last year. It was possible to collect from 3 to 3.5 t/ha. This year, the possible drought was not taken into account. Soy was sown in early May. Fertilizers and herbicides were applied. "Due to the uneven growth, some of our soybeans have already gathered "beans", some of the soybeans have bloomed. It is still blooming in some places. Some of the "beans" were dropped by the soybean, the flower was dropped. She was hot. And that's why we don't see ...