Twice as low grain yield was obtained in the Kherson region, sunflower harvests also show low results

Despite the ongoing shelling and drone attacks, harvesting continues in the fields of Kherson region, and some farmers have already started sowing winter barley, reports Vgoru. It is noted that the situation in the agriculture of the Kherson region is far from optimistic. The losses already amount to one billion hryvnias. In general, according to the director of the Department of Agricultural Development and Irrigation of the Kherson Regional State Administration, Dmytro Yunusov, farmers have completed the harvesting of early grain crops, including wheat, barley, peas, millet, and vegetable crops. They have started harvesting sunflower, but in some farms, it has not even sprouted. Where it has sprouted, the yield is very low, in some places only 0.2-0.3 tons per hectare. "If we take the average yield in the region, it is very, very sad. It is one and a half to two times lower than last year. Although the sown areas have increased. Last year, 153 thousand hectares of all crops were ...