Agriculture Ministry to study frost losses after temperatures stabilize

The Ministry of Agriculture will study losses from frosts after the stabilization of the temperature regime. This was reported to "Izvestia" in the press service of the Ministry.

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"It is possible to conduct an analysis of damage from the onset of return frosts only on the results of the survey of fruit plantations after the stabilization of the temperature regime. Accordingly, it is premature to draw conclusions and assess the possible damage from the return frosts," the ministry said.

At the same time, they noted that return frosts in Russia, including in the territory of horticultural subjects of the Southern and North Caucasian Federal Districts, is a fairly common phenomenon. In some years, even in the southern regions of the country, return frosts during the flowering period of fruit crops can be repeated three or four times a season, the Ministry said.

Frosts, which came to the southern and central regions of Russia after April 12, can destroy up to 40% of the harvest of fruit trees. We are talking, in particular, about the Krasnodar and Stavropol Territories, Crimea, Bryansk region and some other subjects. About this "Izvestia" told the agrarians in these regions.

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