‘Drought strikes, but water balance improving’

There is drought in Poland, but the water balance is improving, Institute of Soil Science and Plant Cultivation, in Poland’s east, stated.

“In the second reporting period, i.e. from April 1 to May 31, we find the occurrence of agricultural drought in Poland. The average value of the climatic water balance (CWB), on the basis of which the assessment of the state of drought threat was negative (-75mm). In the current sixty-day period, the value of CWB has increased by 25mm compared to the previous period,” the press release informed.

Agriculture drought has occurred in the following of Poland’s 16 provinces: Lubuskie, Zachodniopomorskie, Kujawsko-pomorskie, Wielkopolskie, Pomorskie, Łódzkie, Dolnośląskie, Opolskie and Lubelskie. And the following crops have been affected: spring cereals, winter cereals, strawberries, fruit shrubs and fruit trees.

(PAP)