Russia: Crimean farmers will increase the area under mustard for the harvest of 2023

For the harvest of 2023 in Crimea, farmers plan to sow mustard on an area of over 8 thousand hectares, exceeding last year's figure by 1.5 thousand hectares This was announced by the Minister of Agriculture of the Republic of Crimea Andrei Savchuk. In 2022, this crop was harvested from an area of 6.4 thousand hectares, more than 3 thousand tons of crops were obtained. “The sowing of spring crops continues. Now farmers are sowing: wheat, coriander, oats, peas, barley, spring crops for green fodder and other species. Also on the Crimean fields passes, sowing mustard. Already sown about 10% of the total area, about 600 hectares. It is used in cooking as an early green fodder for livestock, and the crop is also sown as a green manure - green manure. In beekeeping, mustard serves as a good honey plant, which yields from 50 to 100 kilograms of nectar per 1 hectare of sowing,” commented the head of the Crimean Ministry of Agriculture. Andrey Savchuk also noted that this year the largest ...