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| A bountiful harvest of early grains is expected in Ukraine |
| 2021-06-01 |
| Direct translation of the article [Korrespondent] This spring, temperature and rainfall conditions in Ukraine were extremely favorable for the harvest of early grain crops. The head of the department of agrometeorology of the Ukrhydrometeorology Center Tatiana Adamenko told about this, Ukrinform reports on Monday, May 31 . “As for the impact on agricultural crops, such an amount of precipitation, and Ukraine received it from 100% to 200% of the norm, is a gift of fate. For the first time in the last 10 years in Ukraine at the end of April there were virtually no areas covered by drought. We have excellent prospects for grain crops, not only for winter crops, but also for early crops. As for the late heat-loving crops, there is a certain tension with the accumulation of heat for active development, "Adamenko said. She noted that although the spring of 2021 is somewhat extraordinary, it cannot be called anomalous. "An anomaly is a deviation from the norm of temperatures up to 5 degrees. And this year it is only 1-2 degrees cooler than usual. Such weather conditions were observed in 2020, and in 2017, in 2016, in 2008 and in 2014. And in 1999, after such a cool beginning of spring, one of the most severe droughts in the history of Ukraine was observed, "the agrometeorologist recalled. She stressed that now the temperature regime is close to the climatic norm. Frosts did not acquire spontaneous proportions and harmful effects, since due to the low temperature background there was no active development of plants in the fields and mass flowering of fruits. Adamenko noted that this year there were damage to vegetables, early varieties of apricots, peaches. However, there was no massive damage, as, for example, in 2017. Recall that this year forecasters predict a very hot summer . A sharp warming will come to Ukraine after June 10. |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #6 Increased CO2 levels lead to increased plant growth and harvests, even with less rain. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2021-06-01 21:18 |
| #5 #1 My first thought exactly. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2021-06-01 13:58 |
| #4 Global warming would actually help agriculture in places like the Ukraine and Russia. I remember back in 1971 when Newsweek was predicting a coming Ice Age. Once sentence stood out for me: "A one degree drop in global temperature would eliminate all wheat growing in Canada." So what would a 1 degree rise in temperature mean? |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2021-06-01 10:11 |
| #3 Ukraine is between about 47 and 52 N l attitude When they say summer heat they are talking about the 80sF. Rain is typically the limiting factor. |
| Posted by: Lord Garth 2021-06-01 10:06 |
| #2 Or the expert could be telling the truth. Bigger German wheat and rapeseed harvest expected for 2021 |
| Posted by: Flaising Omeling6076 2021-06-01 09:08 |
| #1 ...Keep an eye on this. Back in the day, whenever the Authorities in that part of the world made an announcement about how impressive the harvest was going to be, it was usually a stinker. Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2021-06-01 04:24 |