Harvest-2018: farmers talk about losses, and experts predict growth of prices
Harvest-2018: farmers talk about losses, and experts predict growth of prices
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However, not all so is bad, and higher prices of products sometimes not associated with the actual harvest.
After a dry spring, when the weather almost jumped from winter to summer, farmers fear that he may lose up to half of the grain crops. Now, however, it is clear that the harvest of rye and wheat will not be as bad as I thought in the spring, and the drought will only affect the winter crops, according to a story TSN.19:30.
The farmer from Zaporozhye rubs his hands the ears of corn, winter wheat – grain that remains in his hands, Roman Tarasevich not happy. “She’s frail, little spike,” he says. And the predicted rains will not fix it. “At the time of loading it when needed moisture, it was not. This forage. When we were cleaning up, I see her around 50 quintals, now take 20. The loss is huge,” says the farmer.
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Zaporizhzhya, Mykolayiv and Kherson region from the current drought affected most. Issues added a quick spring. Plants only sprouted and the weather has become summer. Experts say that in Ukraine there are only a few Western regions, where it is possible to host without irrigation.
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Same with ground vegetables – tomatoes are lagging behind in development for two weeks. The harvest is barely enough to cover the cost of seeds. “Can’t even tie will be an empty shell,” explained agronomist Anatoliy Avramenko.
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Zaporizhzhya, Mykolayiv and Kherson region from the current drought affected most. Problems added soon spring: the plants soon come up, and the weather has become summer. “Such weather conditions which occurred this year that we are in a drought came, from 1 April, the situation is not bad. The volume of the harvest can be 8-10% less than last year. But it should be noted that last year the harvest was very good,” explained forecaster of the Department of agrometeorology Tatyana Adamenko.
The Kharkiv Alexander farmer estimates the harvest of their winter crops, as the average – of course, I’ve been better, but I don’t the consumer will not. “One good rain this wheat saw, after which considerably cheered up”, – he said. But all the ground vegetables in the region needs to be watered. Experts say that in Ukraine there are only some Western areas where it is possible to host without irrigation. The climate is changing, but farmers are developing.
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Regarding the prices, the bread this year will rise somewhere in the fifth part of the value, and the crop is useless in tariffs for electricity and gas. Vegetables soup is too early to plan something, they are just now developing, and favorable weather could change everything. Already on June 21 from Europe will come cold cyclone, and on June 23 he needs to walk to the centre of Ukraine, so precipitation should be sufficient for the whole area, even the southern region.
The TSN reporter Oksana Mulyar
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