Russia: Roskachestvo experts assessed grape yields in drought conditions

Published Aug 4, 2024

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Specialists from Roskachestvo report that grape crops in southern Russia, which supply the majority of raw materials for affordable wines, have not significantly suffered from hot weather due to winter and spring rains. The use of irrigation systems and mechanized harvesting has also contributed to maintaining yields. Although there are concerns about sugar accumulation in early varieties, significant yield reductions are not expected at the national level. However, spring frosts have caused up to 30% losses in some farms in the northern regions. Harvesting has started earlier due to the heat, with the audit results of the country's largest wine-growing regions expected in early September.

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In the largest grape-producing regions in southern Russia, which produce the bulk of raw materials for inexpensive wines, the berries were not significantly affected by hot weather. Roskachestvo specialists reported this to the National Agrarian Agency. They explained that a significant reduction in yield in these areas has so far been avoided thanks to the rains that occurred there in winter and spring and formed sufficient reserves of moisture in the soil. In the future, according to experts, the consequences of abnormal drought for the crop should be offset by the active use of irrigation systems and mechanized berry harvesting. Also, in areas where it rained, high quality crops are expected to remain high. At the same time, the problem of rapid accumulation of sugars was sometimes encountered, but it was observed only in early varieties. “We do not expect a significant reduction in yields in the country as a whole, although in individual farms the losses may be at the level of ...

Source: Rosng