Russia: The soybean and corn harvest in Primorye was 270-280 thousand tons lower than last year

Primorye agricultural producers have stockpiled animal feed for the winter and plowed their fields for the new season. The region's Minister of Agriculture, Andrei Bronts, spoke in an interview about how the industry survived a natural disaster this year. – Andrey Alexandrovich, how hard did the natural disaster hit agriculture this year? – The past cyclones and typhoons certainly affected the harvest of our main export crops. Compared to last year, 270-280 thousand tons less soybeans and corn were collected, which will not have a positive effect on the income of peasants. Moreover, rice grows well in such conditions. We need to increase the volume of this coastal culture; for this purpose, government support measures are provided for reconstruction, modernization, construction of reclamation structures, and their design. Now the main task is to prepare for spring, agricultural producers have plowed 230 thousand hectares under fallow land, all farms are provided with roughage and ...