have not had such an image seen

In the video, the farmer was able to capture the rape fields, the ice cream pieces, the broken leaves and the crushed plants after a sudden storm that destroyed the harvest in the area of ​​140 hectares. Thomas, a farmer for over 15 years, says that it has never happened yet.

« As much as I talk to Dad, nor in his very long farming practice have not been seen that image, both in his personal career that the plants are so damaged and that such an early hail would cause such much damage, » said Tomas Dirmeikis.

The farmer told me that after the storm the main inflorescence, lateral branches, leaves were broken. The stem also has a lot of damage.

« It looks like infections and fungal diseases will be lost during these lesions. The result will be either very bad or there will be no result at all, » explained T. Dirmeikis.

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Not only the crop suffered – the storm devastated the berries as well.

« When there are smaller pieces of hail, they do not even damage the leaves, and when large – they shine, torn, and it is damaged. Automatically, where the wound, the disease begins, » said strawberry grower Audrius Jurevičius.

Not only farmers, but also insurers saw this situation for the first time. The losses of losses were hundreds of times more than a normal day.

« On a regular day, we receive reports one, two, and now we see that we already have a few hundred, » said Martynas Rusteika, CEO of VH Lietuva.

According to VH Lietuva manager, on the fields in 15 minutes. The amount of water of almost all season fell.

« We have areas of 60 mm, both farmers, who received 100 and 120 milliliters. This is a huge amount, » Rusteika explained.

The chairman of the Kaunas District Farmers’ Union says that giant icechers who had been the biggest damage from the sky caused the biggest damage.

« We had an extremely large hail, really unseen, because LEDs are maybe 3 cm, maybe even 4 cm in size, » said Mindaugas Maciulevičius, chairman of Kaunas District Farmers’ Union.

Although Kaunas County suffered the most losses, the rest of Lithuania did not escape the damage.

« We have reports from all over Lithuania, most of the reports are in Northern Lithuania – Joniškis, Pakruojis, Pasvalys, Kupiškis. But also in recent days we received messages from Vilkaviškis, Marijampolė, Kaunas district, » said VH Lietuva CEO.

According to the insurers, due to the strong changing climate, it was already recorded last year, when farmers had to pay over € 14 million. However, this number may seem even higher this year.

« What we have seen from one farm history, for example, is already talking about dozens of thousands of euros benefits, and in the total amount – half a million, maybe even a million, » said Martynas Rusteika, CEO of VH Lietuva.

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The chairman of the Kaunas District Farmers’ Union, seeing the huge losses, ironizes that only one thing would help farmers now.

« The first thing is to pray as much as possible with the pastor, » he joked.

However, according to the President, as the weather extreme, farmers must protect their crops themselves.

« To adapt to extreme climate change, to look for new insurance techniques, perhaps some cultivation technology. It would help some spray system or more powerful fans that dispel the frost when it is local, » he considered.

In the spring, farmers greeted with unprecedented hail and rains, and anxiety is also awaited by summer challenges.