Harvest time - this year two weeks earlier

Winter barley has already reached the stage of preparation and as soon as the precipitation goes over, harvesting will commence. This year, the harvest time in Latvia is planned two weeks earlier than usual, experts of the agricultural company "Baltic Agro" conclude.

Grain elevators this year must be faster prepared for the new harvest. Farmers are currently repairing all harvesting related equipment. Taking into account the heavy harvesting conditions of the previous year, when the rain continued to fall, farmers are trying to provide maximum power in order not to lose the already so hard-to-grow.

Farmers admit that due to bad wintering, this year there is less winter in terms of rape and cereals. "The situation is hard this year when we talk about expected productivity. Winter is small, volumes are well-developed. The summers are diced by a drought and a very small spike. The reason - at the end of the ceremony, at a time when the cereals were grainy, it was a dry and hot time. Cereals were in climatic stress conditions, nutrients from the soil could not be picked up, "says Egils Sviķis, Head of Jelgava Service Center at Baltic Agro.

The second summer of this summer, when faced by farmers, are pests. "This year, all types of pests intensively multiply and unpredictably endanger the crops. In order to get beans and peas for food quality, pests must be limited, along with their population, migration and potential damage, "emphasizes the representative of Baltic Agro.

One more characteristic of this season is the fact that the berries ripen faster, shorter production time. Good productivity is available for those farmers who have dripping and irrigation systems, which, in addition, provide nutrients. According to specialists, the sun has enough berries this year, it was not damp, so the rot was not damaged by berries.

Source: www.la.lv