In the Krasnodar Territory, 157.3 thousand hectares were sown with early spring crops

Agrarians of the Krasnodar Territory are sowing early spring crops, which they started on February 22. According to the regional Ministry of Agriculture and Processing Industry, as of March 13, these works were carried out on an area of ​​157.3 thousand hectares, or 86.2% of the planned figure. The leaders of the sowing campaign are Novopokrovsky (14.8 thousand ha), Beloglinsky (12.4 thousand ha), Kushchevsky (11.4 thousand ha) and Krylovsky (10.9 thousand ha) districts. It is planned to sow 182.5 thousand hectares with early spring crops in the Kuban, including 105.2 thousand hectares with peas for grain, 19.1 thousand hectares with barley, 4.1 thousand hectares with oats, and 2.2 thousand hectares with wheat. thousand ha. In total, spring crops in the region are planned to be planted on approximately 1.8 million hectares, of which 696.0 thousand hectares will be sown with cereals and legumes. It is planned to allocate 460.0 thousand hectares for corn, 434.0 thousand hectares for sunflower, 188.0 thousand hectares for sugar beet (8.3 thousand hectares more than in 2022), and soybeans – 173.0 thousand hectares (for 23.0 thousand hectares more…