Russian soils lack sulfur
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“Currently, the use of mineral fertilizers with sulfur is crucial, since crop yields are growing and the crop rotation structure is changing,” said Alexei Zavalin, scientific director of the All-Russian Scientific Research Institute of fertilizer science.
According to his statement, the sulfur level today is 10 to 30 kg per 1 hectare. In 2018-2020, it exceeded 0.5 million tons in Russia, based on the main crops grown. Over 1 million tons of sulfur per year is required.
“Monitoring of arable soils showed that the low degree of sulfur is almost 60% and the average is just over 30%. The dynamics of deterioration of soil fertility due to a decrease in their sulfur content have been revealed. This problem is especially acute in the Central Federal District, where they amount to about 5 mg per 1 kg of soil, as well as in the Southern and Ural Federal Districts,” said Alexei Zavalin.
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