Preparations for the spring field work in the North Caucasus Federal District became the main topic of the first day of the working trip of Andrei Razin, Deputy Minister of Agriculture, to the Stavropol Territory. Related issues were discussed today at a meeting with representatives of regional departments and scientific institutions. The North Caucasus is one of the key agricultural areas of the country. Annually, the Okrug produces about 9% of grains and leguminous crops, 10% of rice, more than 4% of sugar beet and about 4% of oilseeds from the all-Russian indicators. Last year, in the subjects of the North Caucasus Federal District, the area under rape sowing increased by more than 3 times, and the gross harvest of the crop increased by 5 times to 467.4 thousand tons. According to Andrei Razin, at present the main task is to fulfill the forecast indicators of production for the current year. For this purpose, sown areas under…
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