15.04.2025, 09:27
Horticulturists' Union: Up to 40% of fruit harvest may be lost in Russia due to frosts
Source: OREANDA-NEWS
OREANDA-NEWS Krasnodar and Stavropol territories, Crimea, Bryansk region and other regions of southern and Central Russia may lose 40 percent of the fruit harvest due to frosts. The loss of almost half of the crop was predicted by the Union of Gardeners, the Izvestia newspaper reports.
It is already clear that apricots, peaches and cherries have suffered the most due to the cold weather.
"Based on the information we have received from gardeners, we are talking about stone fruit crop losses of up to 40 percent. At the same time, in some areas, for example, up to 100 percent of the apricot harvest was lost," said Tatiana Oleinik, head of the Russian Horticultural Union in the Republic of Crimea.
Some farmers managed to take measures to save trees (insulation, smoke, spraying), but someone did not manage to save anything.
The Ministry of Agriculture intends to calculate the damage after the weather stabilizes. According to the ministry, recurrent frosts are quite common in Russia — even in the southern regions they can occur three to four times a season.
According to the National Union of Agricultural Insurers (NSA), frosts can harm perennial fruit crops: orchards, vineyards and berry fields insured on an area of at least 4.7 thousand hectares under existing insurance contracts with state support.
According to biologist Marina Tatarenko, a lecturer at the Department of Teaching Methods at the Faculty of Natural Sciences of the State University of Enlightenment, abnormal warming can be dangerous: if the air temperature stays at plus 5-7 degrees for a week or two, early plants and winter plantings will begin to wake up. If the temperature drops sharply in the absence of snow, flowers may suffer and awakened rhizomatous and bulbous plants, ornamental herbaceous plants, as well as trees and shrubs may freeze.
It is already clear that apricots, peaches and cherries have suffered the most due to the cold weather.
"Based on the information we have received from gardeners, we are talking about stone fruit crop losses of up to 40 percent. At the same time, in some areas, for example, up to 100 percent of the apricot harvest was lost," said Tatiana Oleinik, head of the Russian Horticultural Union in the Republic of Crimea.
Some farmers managed to take measures to save trees (insulation, smoke, spraying), but someone did not manage to save anything.
The Ministry of Agriculture intends to calculate the damage after the weather stabilizes. According to the ministry, recurrent frosts are quite common in Russia — even in the southern regions they can occur three to four times a season.
According to the National Union of Agricultural Insurers (NSA), frosts can harm perennial fruit crops: orchards, vineyards and berry fields insured on an area of at least 4.7 thousand hectares under existing insurance contracts with state support.
According to biologist Marina Tatarenko, a lecturer at the Department of Teaching Methods at the Faculty of Natural Sciences of the State University of Enlightenment, abnormal warming can be dangerous: if the air temperature stays at plus 5-7 degrees for a week or two, early plants and winter plantings will begin to wake up. If the temperature drops sharply in the absence of snow, flowers may suffer and awakened rhizomatous and bulbous plants, ornamental herbaceous plants, as well as trees and shrubs may freeze.
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