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Article: RUSSIA: SPRING SOWING LAGS AS CHILLY WEATHER DAMAGES CROPS.(Brief Article)
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- IPR Strategic Business Information Database
- Article date:
- May 17, 2000
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As of 1 May this year, Russia's agricultural enterprises had sown spring wheat on 9.002 million hectares, a 27 percent drop compared with the same time last year, Interfax reported on 15 May. Meanwhile, a recent spell of chilly weather in western Russia caused experts to predict crop damage in several areas, including parts of the Volga region, North Caucasus, Central Russia, and the Black Earth ...