In the State Duma, discussions were held with the Ministry of Agriculture on the "rain challenge" in the regions.

Deputies of the State Duma at a meeting of the Committee on Budgets and Taxes discussed with the Russian Ministry of Agriculture the issue of adequately artificially increasing precipitation in various regions without harming other entities. This was reported by "Interfax-Russia." One of the participants in the meeting inquired whether such a crop strategy would be applied on a permanent basis and how it would affect other regions. He recalled that this year, this irrigation method was used in the Stavropol Krai and allowed for a sufficient harvest of grains. At the same time, drought was observed in other southern regions, the Rostov Oblast and the Krasnodar Krai, noted the speaker. Earlier, the press service of the governor of Stavropol, Vladimir Vladimirov, reported that the region had collected 10 million 31 thousand tons of grains and legumes by the beginning of August, excluding corn. The list included winter wheat, barley, peas, rapeseed, and other crops. At the same time, ...