Russian Agriculture Minister Oksana Lut urged folks to go to church and pray for rain because the persistent lack of precipitation places the sowing of winter wheat in danger.
“We plan to sow 20 million hectares, like last year. But we are sowing practically in sand in the hope that it will rain,” Interfax cited Lut as saying. In lots of winter crops rising areas it hasn’t rained “since about April,” she added.
“It is very necessary to go to church and light a candle to Elijah for rain. Everyone, please,” Lut mentioned, referring to the patron saint of thunder, rain, harvest and fertility in Russian folks custom.
Whereas a number of Russian areas have declared a state of emergency due to the extended drought, central Ukraine and the Central Area of Russia have acquired some rain this previous weekend, with extra on the best way, in accordance with forecaster Maxar Applied sciences Inc. The precipitation may assist enhance soil moisture and assist the winter wheat crop.
