Russia: Agrarians of Transbaikalia exceeded the plan for hay harvesting

Farmers in the Trans-Baikal Territory overfulfilled the plan for hay harvesting, despite strong summer floods. This was reported to journalists on Monday at the regional Ministry of Agriculture. "The wintering of public livestock has begun in livestock farms in Transbaikalia. This year, enough roughage has been harvested to successfully pass the winter period. Livestock breeders have mowed 1.1 million tons of hay with a need of 950 thousand tons," the ministry said. In general, about 1 million heads of farm animals "entered" the winter. An operational headquarters for wintering has been created in the regional Ministry of Agriculture, which coordinates work in the regions and resolves issues of maintaining the pace of livestock development. “Today, there are almost 1 million heads of livestock in the region: 473 thousand heads of cattle, 419 thousand sheep and goats, 107 thousand horses,” said Alexander ...