Ukraine: The area under crops after the liberation of the LPR increased by 4.5 times

The sown area in the Lugansk People's Republic more than quadrupled after the liberation of its territory from Ukrainian troops during a special military operation. This was announced on Wednesday at a briefing by the Minister of Agriculture and Food of the LPR Yevgeny Sorokin. "This year, taking into account the liberated territories, the area under crops in the republic has increased by 4.5 times," he said. According to him, the volume of own production of grain and leguminous crops, including corn, amounted to more than 1,199.8 thousand tons. "There are more than 1,060.8 thousand tons of winter wheat, 308.1 thousand tons of industrial crops, including sunflower - 294.5 thousand tons, which will fully provide the domestic market of the republic with the main types of agricultural products and food," he said. is he. Sorokin said that the farmers of the region sowed winter crops on an area of more than 203 thousand hectares, including winter wheat for grain sown on ...