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Ministry of Agriculture: Spring planting campaign started in Russia, more than 30 thousand hectares were planted

MOSCOW, March 3 – RIA Novosti. The spring sowing campaign began in Russia, farmers from the southern regions entered the fields, more than 30,000 hectares were planted. Message Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation.

“The spring planting season has begun in Russia,” the ministry said. The issues of preparation and conduct of the spring fieldwork on Friday were discussed at the regular meeting of the operational headquarters, organized by the Minister of Agriculture Dmitry Patrushev. At the event, they specifically discussed the situation in Central Russia, the Volga region, the Zaporozhye region and the LPR.

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“Spring sowing has already begun in Krasnodar, Stavropol Territory, Crimea, Dagestan and the Chechen Republic. More than 30,000 hectares have been planted, and almost all of this is a cereal group. I note that the beginning of work corresponds to the average in multi-year agrotechnological terms,” ​​said the minister.

According to the head of the Ministry of Agriculture, the condition of winter crops in Russia as a whole is better at the beginning of spring than the average of the last 5 years: more than 93% of crops are in good and satisfactory condition. In addition, active vegetation is already starting in some areas. Currently, winter crops are given to 9 subjects in a total area of ​​approximately 2 million hectares.

The preparation of subjects for the sowing campaign is under the special supervision of the ministry: in all regions, according to Patrushev, seeds, fuels and lubricants, machinery, mineral fertilizers, crop protection products, when they enter the fields. He also urged the leaders of the regional authorities of the agro-industrial complex to immediately assist the agricultural producers in the field. “We hope that the sowing season will be done regularly and give us a good harvest in 2023,” said the Head of the Ministry of Agriculture.

In 2022, the Russian Federation had a record grain harvest – 153.83 million tons by weight after completion, 26.7% more than the previous year’s crop, increasing the wheat harvest by 37.3% to 104.44 million tons. At the end of December, the Ministry of Agriculture established the structure of planted areas for the 2023 harvest, which, according to estimates, could provide a gross grain harvest of 125-127 million tons, of which 80-85 million tons are wheat.

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