30% of farmers have experienced shifts in crop sowing dates in recent years — survey

A study by the BTU group of companies, as reported by Yaroslava Bukhonska on Latifundist.com, highlights the effects of climate change on agriculture, based on data from 250 farms using traditional cultivation, 35 using organic, and 11 using resource-saving technologies. The research revealed that soil degradation is more prevalent among farms using traditional methods (65%), less so in organic farms (44%), and the least in those with minimal cultivation (5%). The 2023 study with 270 farms found that 39% of respondents observed a yield decrease, particularly in the south and east, with issues such as physicochemical property changes, biodiversity loss, soil structure damage, and toxic substance contamination. The research suggests that future corn breeding should focus on early grain filling to adapt to these challenges.

Shifting sowing dates, reduced yields, desertification, and reduced fertilizer efficiency are difficulties that are already arising in the cultivation of crops due to climate change. Yaroslava Bukhonska, a plant physiologist at the BTU group of companies, told about this in her author's blog on Latifundist.com. The company conducted two studies - in 2021 and 2023. The first involved 250 farms that use traditional cultivation technology, 35 that use organic technology, and another 11 that use resource-saving technologies. Farmers were asked what changes in the soil they see. Among the difficulties that arise in the cultivation of plants due to climate change: The study also showed that changes in the state of the soil directly depend on the intensity of its cultivation - 65% of those who use traditional technology said that they have degraded soils. In organic farming, there were 44% of such farmers. And among those who cultivate the soil minimally, only 5%. In a 2023 study ...