In Ukraine the areas of winter grains harvest failure will total nearly 8% , declared Tatiana Adamenko, Head of the department of agrometeorology of the Ukrainian hydrometeorological center, on February 26 during her report "Current condition of winter crops and prospects for the harvest-2015" at the round table discussion "Prospects for the harvest-2015: condition of winter crops and spring crops planting forecasts".

According to the forecast of the hydrometeorological center, in the beginning of spring the planted areas of winter crops in poor condition will reach 12-15%. At the same time, the complete crop failure is expected throughout 8% of the areas. The remaining crop areas of 4-7% will be just weak and thinned.

The expert stressed that most planted areas of winter crops in poor condition (over 20%) are located in Odessa, Kirovohrad, Luhansk and Chernihiv oblasts.

Source - http://finchannel.com/