[Regnum] Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Patrushev called on the regions to quickly organize the replanting of crops affected by frost, the government’s Telegram channel reported.“Patrushev called on the regions to quickly organize the replanting of dead crops in order to meet agrotechnological deadlines,” the message says.
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The meeting participants reviewed the progress of seasonal field work and the situation in a number of regions affected by return frosts, as well as issues of state support for farmers.
According to Patrushev, seasonal field work has begun in all federal districts. About 25 million hectares were sown with spring crops. As the Deputy Prime Minister clarified, this is almost half of the forecast area.
On the territory of a number of constituent entities of the Central and Volga federal districts, as well as in the Volgograd and Rostov regions, recurrent frosts were recorded in May. A state of emergency has been introduced in eight Russian regions.
As Regnum reported, on May 9, the Ministry of Agriculture promised to replant crops damaged by frost. The department noted that all the necessary resources for this are available. Then, due to frosts, a regional emergency regime was introduced in the Voronezh, Lipetsk and Tambov regions.
The weather in the first ten days of May was more typical of early April. In the center of the European part of Russia, as well as in the Volga region, the Urals and the Primorsky Federal District, air temperatures were 4-6 degrees below normal values. Frosts down to 0...-3°C struck on the night of May 4-5.