Agricultural drought recorded in Poland

The Institute of Soil Science and Land Care (IUNG) reported an agricultural drought on the territory of Poland. The biggest threat of agricultural drought occurred to spring cereal crops. Droughts were recorded in all voivodships in Poland, with 10 of them in all municipalities. The drought was recorded in 2,285 rural municipalities, i.e. 92.21 percent of municipalities in the area of 48.90 percent arable land, IUNG said. According to the Institute, both April and May were characterized by a very high air temperature and high insolation.  At the same time, there was little rainfall during this period.