According to calculations made on the basis of both current and expected meteorological conditions, the one-meter soil layer will contain mainly 130-170 mm of productive moisture (100-125% of normal amounts) in winter crop plantings and 130-160 mm (90-110% of normal) in fall-plowed fields by the beginning of the growing season.
According to the State Meteorological Service, crops survived the 2014/15 winter well, although minimum air temperature sometimes fell to -17..-25ºC.
Winter crops were covered with 2-9 cm of snow in most of the country. Its layer reached 14-23 cm in some areas – mostly in the south. As a result, almost no winterkill of winter crops was revealed. Their loss rates were 1-3% in some fields that is not higher than the natural level (10%).
Source - http://www.blackseagrain.net/
