Rains will reduce the quality of grain crops - Ukrhydromettsentr

Published Jul 15, 2020

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The article highlights the impact of humidity and extended maturing periods on crop quality in Ukraine's western regions due to excessively humid weather and lower temperatures compared to the rest of the country. Despite these challenges, the quantity of the cereal harvest is expected to be good, with a higher yield of fodder grain. The harvest in areas where it has already begun is not significantly affected by recent downpours, and the majority of the work is being done in the southern part of the country, where hot and dry conditions have prevailed.

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This was reported to Ukrainian News by the head of the agrometeorology department of the Ukrainian Hydrometeorological Center Tetyana Adamenko. "Increased humidity of the air and soil affects the quality of the crop, but in terms of quantity there (in the western regions) everything should be very good. There is a good harvest of cereals," she said. It is said that there will be more fodder grain in these areas, than food. Adamenko noted that in the territories where harvesting didn't begin yet, problems are connected with the fact that the period of maturing of grain stretched in comparison with previous years. Thus, due to excessively humid weather in the western regions, starting from the second half of June until today, and with a much lower temperature than in the rest of Ukraine, ripening is slow. In general, the ...

Source: AgroReview