Spring sowing begins in Russia

The issues of preparing and conducting spring field work were discussed today at a regular meeting of the operational headquarters at the Russian Ministry of Agriculture, which was chaired by the Minister of Agriculture Dmitry Patrushev. At the event, in particular, they considered the situation in Central Russia, the Volga region, the Zaporozhye region and the LPR. According to the head of the Ministry of Agriculture, the state of winter crops by the beginning of spring in Russia as a whole is better than the average for the last 5 years. More than 93% of crops are in good and satisfactory condition. In some subjects, active vegetation is already beginning. Winter crops are currently being fed in 9 subjects on a total area of ​​about 2 million hectares. “In addition, in the Krasnodar, Stavropol Territories, Crimea, Dagestan, the Chechen Republic, spring sowing has already started. More than 30 thousand hectares have been sown, and almost all of this is a grain group. I note that…