Black Sea Drought Damages Quarter of All Crops in Russia
- Southern and central regions of Russia affected by dryness
- Ukraine's winter-wheat conditions seen worst since 2011
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Crops in Russia and Ukraine have been hurt by the dry start to this season, with Russian Agriculture Minister Alexander Tkachev saying a quarter of the country’s winter crops are in poor condition as planting nears completion.
In Ukraine, almost a third of winter wheat and triticale, a hybrid of the grain, was weak and thinned, according to data from UkrAgroConsult. That’s comparable to conditions in 2011, which resulted in a 29 percent drop in output, according to Paul Gaffet, an analyst at Offre & Demande Agricole in Bourges, France.