Parched Fields Threaten Wheat Sowing in Key Black Sea Region
- Dryness in Russia and Ukraine has slowed winter-crop planting
- That adds to challenges growers in both countries have faced
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Dried out soils in Russia and Ukraine are threatening plantings for next year’s wheat harvest, yet another headache for farmers hit by weather setbacks and the ongoing war.
Swaths of land across the nations, which together account for more than a quarter of all wheat exports, are too dry to plant some crops on. While there’s still plenty of time for conditions to improve and farmers to catch up, the challenges risk shortening the sowing window for winter crops that make up the bulk of their annual production.