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The sowing of winter crops is under conditions of moisture deficit, Dry weather could be a problem for the 2021 harvest and could support grain prices
According to the Ministry of Agriculture, as of September 8, 6.3 million hectares were sown with winter crops, which is 793 thousand hectares more than a year earlier. At the same time, some industry analysts fear the quality of seedlings, since in most regions winter crops are sown in dry soil. The First Deputy Minister of Agriculture during the final collegium of the agricultural department also drew attention to this problem. “We are seriously concerned that almost 10% of the winter crops will be sown in completely unfavorable conditions, because there is a moisture deficit – this is a consequence of drought,” he said. Winter crops should occupy about 18.25 million hectares, it follows from the data of the Agro analytics Center subordinate to the Ministry of Agriculture.
According to the analytical center ” SovEcon“, Now there is a strong excess of sowing rates in the Volga region and lagging behind in other regions. “This year, a dry summer gives way to a dry autumn: the lack of rainfall, which negatively affected this year’s harvest, could be a problem for the 2021 harvest. In all regions of the European part of Russia that sow winter crops, there is either no moisture in the soil at all, or very little “, – told Agroinvestor“Director of SovEkon»Andrey Sizov. In all likelihood, dry weather will continue in the next two weeks. But farmers cannot wait that long, so they sow in dry land in the hope that precipitation will fall in the near future. “And many of them are not needed – for seedlings, 15-20 mm is enough for plants to develop before winter,” Sizov notes.
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