The drought in Poland does not give up. The biggest threat to rapeseed crops

The latest message from the IUNG shows that during the sixth reporting period, from May 11 to July 10, 2018, there was an agricultural drought in Poland.

The lowest values ​​of the climatic water balance (KBW) are still recorded in and around Poznań. In the analyzed period, this area and the water deficit increased considerably

There was still a very great shortage of water in the lowlands: Wielkopolska, Szczecińska and nowarnowiec plateau

A serious threat to the crops

is like difference between the revenues of the water (precipitations) and the losses in the process of the evaporation (evapotranspiration). The value of the CWB can be used to estimate plant irrigation requirements

In Poland drought has increased its range in the Pomeranian and Kujawy Lake District areas. However, the situation has improved in the eastern part of the Masurian Lake District, in the southern part of Mazovia and in the northern part of the Lublin region.

Drought affects all types of IUNG-controlled crops, namely spring cereals, winter cereals, legumes, ground vegetables, strawberries, tobacco, sugar beets, corn silage, cereal maize, hops, potatoes earth, fruit shrubs, rapeseed rapeseed.

According to the report, drought is the biggest threat to rapeseed and agrimony. In these cultures, it has been recorded in no less than 10 provinces and half (54 percent) of the municipalities in our country. In total, it covered an area occupying 25 per cent of arable land. The worst is in the following provinces: Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Lubuskie and Zachodniopomorskie. In these areas, drought affected rapeseed crops in all communes.

Water shortages and drought represent a very high risk also for spring cereals. In Poland, the drought of these plants was recorded in 11 provinces. It covered all municipalities in the following provinces: Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Lubuskie and Zachodniopomorskie

In the case of legumes, drought was recorded in 11 provinces. The water deficit increases

According to the message of the IUNG, "the weather conditions that occurred during the monitored period resulted in an additional increase in water shortages for many groups and species of cultures. Recent weather conditions have caused this six-season period currently monitored in the following crops: rapeseed and rapeseed, hops, potatoes, sugar beets and corn for grain and silage have increased the area, as well as the number of municipalities affected by the drought. "