In Russia, due to an abnormally warm winter, a locust invasion threatens 21 regions.

10:00; 03 February 2025 year

In 2025, due to an abnormally warm winter, a locust invasion is expected in 21 regions, which is 1.5 times higher than a year earlier. At that time, the locust invasion was recorded in 14 Russian regions. Such data, with reference to the report of the Federal Agricultural Center under the Ministry of Agriculture, is transmitted by the publication href="https://iz.ru/1831741/natalia-bashlykova/negodnye-usloviya-s-ugrozoj-nashestviya-saranchi-mozhet-stolknutsya-21-region-rossii"> «News».

The Astrakhan, Volgograd, Orenburg, Samara, Saratov, Ulyanovsk, Chelyabinsk, Irkutsk and Novosibirsk regions, Kalmykia, Ingushetia, Chechnya, Dagestan, Tatarstan, Bashkiria, Chuvashia, Yakutia, Khakassia, as well as Stavropol, Krasnodar and Altai Territories are in the maximum risk zone in 2025.. To combat locusts in these regions, it is planned to organize special teams that will treat the fields from pests.

Apart from locusts, Russian farmers are also threatened by other pests. The invasion of the meadow moth is expected in Voronezh, Kursk, Belgorod, Novosibirsk, Penza, Omsk, Volgograd, Kurgan, Tyumen regions, Tatarstan, Kabardino-Balkaria, as well as in Altai, Stavropol, Krasnodar, Primorsky and Krasnoyarsk territories.

The Belgorod, Voronezh, Tambov, Lipetsk, Rostov, Volgograd and Saratov regions, the DPR, Crimea, Dagestan, Ingushetia, North Ossetia, Kabardino-Balkaria, Chechnya, Adygea, Kalmykia, Stavropol and Krasnodar Territories are at risk of rodent invasion.

In total, 1,182 harmful factors capable of destroying crops were counted in the country: 529 pests, 434 weeds and 219 diseases. Against the background of favorable weather, the growth of agricultural pests, plant diseases and weeds is expected to reach 30-50%. All this poses a threat to the future harvest. The Rosselkhoznadzor expects a difficult phytosanitary situation and recommends that farmers prepare for it in advance.

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