Up to one third of Russian crops lost in heatwave
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Pastor Dale Morgan
Aug 12, 2010, 11:33:28 AM8/12/10
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Up to one third of Russian crops lost in heatwave
* From: AFP
* August 12, 2010 10:01PM
Up to one third of Russia's crops have been lost amid a record heatwave.
President Dmitry Medvedev warned that many farms were on the verge on bankruptcy.
"We have a very complicated situation because as a whole in the country around a third of the grain crops have been burned," Russian news agencies quoted him as saying in the southern town of Taganrog.
"Unfortunately many farms are on the verge of bankruptcy on account of the death of the harvest."
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin earlier this week sliced the leading wheat producer's grain harvest forecast due to a record drought, saying it would produce 10 million tonnes less grain than planned.
Mr Putin last week shocked international markets by announcing that from Sunday Russia would ban exports to keep prices down at home and ensure there was enough feed grain for its cattle herd.
Up to one third of Russian crops lost in heatwave
* From: AFP
* August 12, 2010 10:01PM
Up to one third of Russia's crops have been lost amid a record heatwave.
President Dmitry Medvedev warned that many farms were on the verge on bankruptcy.
"We have a very complicated situation because as a whole in the country around a third of the grain crops have been burned," Russian news agencies quoted him as saying in the southern town of Taganrog.
"Unfortunately many farms are on the verge of bankruptcy on account of the death of the harvest."
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin earlier this week sliced the leading wheat producer's grain harvest forecast due to a record drought, saying it would produce 10 million tonnes less grain than planned.
Mr Putin last week shocked international markets by announcing that from Sunday Russia would ban exports to keep prices down at home and ensure there was enough feed grain for its cattle herd.
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