Russia: Sowing of winter crops began in the Lipetsk region

Sowing of winter crops has begun in eight districts of the region. To date, 4.6 thousand hectares have been sown, 2.4 thousand of which are wheat. “Our agrarians started preparing for next year’s crop laying at the beginning of this,” said Deputy Governor of the Lipetsk Region Igor Kremnev. “The region is provided with seeds for winter sowing in full. over 360 thousand hectares". Meanwhile, the region harvested 3 million 428 thousand tons of winter and spring wheat, peas, barley and lupine. The yield still exceeds last year's figures and amounts to 50.5 c/ha. Without corn for grain, less than 7% of the area remains to be harvested. Under winter wheat, 99% of the area has already been threshed, 2 million 15 thousand tons have been received. The yield of winter crops remains consistently high and amounts to 55.9 q/ha. This is more than 44% higher than last year. To date, 601.3 thousand tons of spring wheat have been received with a yield of 46.1 q/ha. 18% of the area allocated for ...