Ukraine Crop Watch
Mike Lee, my agronomist chum in Ukraine has posted this interesting video of how winter wheat and OSR crops over there have emerged from under the snow. As he points out the rape might not look too great by UK standards, but by Ukraine standards he's pretty satisfied.
Another thing of interest is that Mike mentioned a month or so ago that there were media reports over there of Ukraine authorities effectively "blocking the range of pesticides allowed to be imported in to Ukraine". It seems that those reports may have been spot on, as they are awaiting delivery of eighty grands worth of agrochemicals for immediate application to crop there, only to be told that they are "stuck at the border".
It remains to be seen if an assortment of "brown envelopes" will clear the blockage.
Whilst the rape does look pants, it looks less pants than it did three weeks ago: Ukraine OSR 31st March 2010
Another thing of interest is that Mike mentioned a month or so ago that there were media reports over there of Ukraine authorities effectively "blocking the range of pesticides allowed to be imported in to Ukraine". It seems that those reports may have been spot on, as they are awaiting delivery of eighty grands worth of agrochemicals for immediate application to crop there, only to be told that they are "stuck at the border".
It remains to be seen if an assortment of "brown envelopes" will clear the blockage.
Whilst the rape does look pants, it looks less pants than it did three weeks ago: Ukraine OSR 31st March 2010