Farmers devastated as 50% of crops are destroyed amid ongoing warfare: 'It is impossible to work in the fields'

Farmers devastated as 50% of crops are destroyed amid ongoing warfare: 'It is impossible to work in the fields'

Ongoing conflict and extreme weather have damaged 50% of winter crops in the right-bank Kherson region of Ukraine, reported NikVesti, worsening a growing agricultural crisis that is the result of drought and front-line warfare conditions. What's happening?  According to Oleksandr Hordiienko, chairman of the Association of Farmers and Private Landowners of the Kherson Region, half of the winter crop area was damaged by a cold snap in April.  "Alt…