# russian Crop Yields Plummet Due to Severe Drought
Some of Russia’s most productive farming regions are experiencing a severe decline in crop yields.
### What’s happening?
According to pro-Kremlin daily Izvestia, via the Moscow Times, parts of southern Russia coudl lose up to 25% of their crops because of drought. The news outlets reported a substantial drop in production in the rostov and Krasnodar regions, citing a farmers’ association. The losses could total as much as 2.8 million tons of grains, cereals, and legumes.
Last year, the areas lost about 5,530 pounds of crops per acre, and this year, they’ve lost around 4,100 pounds per acre.
Within thes two regions, 30 districts were in an official state of emergency as of the moscow Times report in late July. the extreme dryness was impacting corn, wheat, barley, legumes, and sunflowers mostly. rostov’s governor, Yuri Slyusar, reduced the agricultural output forecast by 3 million tons.
Konstantin Yurov, the farming association’s deputy chairman, told Izvestia that some of these crops “will be virtually nonexistent” in areas most affected by the drought.
### why are these crops important?
Despite the drop in production, the Russian food supply remained secure, per The Moscow Times report. This was mainly attributed to successful crop production in the Central,Vol
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