Wheat| Severe drought across half of Ukraine has hit winter sowing

November 19, 2015 10:09 AM | Skymet Weather Team

Severe drought across half of Ukraine has hit winter sowing and could sharply reduce the country's 2016 wheat harvest. The drought, in which the central Dnipropetrovsk region suffered its driest autumn in 50 years, could lead to a 20 percent year-on-year fall in wheat harvest, hitting exports from world's sixth-largest wheat exporter.

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