Russia: Feed procurement is in full swing in the Pskov region

As of July 16, 7.4 quintals of feed units were prepared per conventional head of livestock In the Pskov region, feed procurement is in full swing. According to the regional committee for agriculture and state technical supervision, the total mowing area is 57.8 thousand hectares, an increase by 17% compared to 2023. By July 16, 18.0 thousand hectares had been mowed. The largest mowing areas are located in the Pskovsky (5.1 thousand hectares), Novosokolnichesky (2.8 thousand hectares) and Bezhanitsky (2.4 thousand hectares) districts. By the reporting date, the farms of the Pskov region had stocked 6.6 thousand tons of hay against a plan of 25 thousand tons. This is 39.7% more than a year earlier (then 4.7 thousand tons were stocked). High rates of hay procurement are observed in the Pskov (1.8 thousand tons), Novorzhevsky (1.0 thousand tons) and Porkhovsky (1.0 thousand tons) regions. As for haylage, its farmers harvested 73.4 thousand tons against a plan of 140.3 thousand tons. ...