Milk thistle and beans will be sown in the Trans-Baikal Territory this year for the first time

It is planned to allocate 600 hectares for medicinal herbs, 300 hectares for grain legumes According to the regional Ministry of Agriculture, by May 16, 234 hectares of milk thistle had been sown in the Trans-Baikal Territory. Transbaikal farmers plan to carry out experimental sowing of medicinal herbs (milk thistle) on 600 hectares this year. There is now a demand for milk thistle in the foreign pharmaceutical market. In connection with this, the region’s farms are exploring the possibility of exporting this crop after the completion of the harvesting campaign, the regional agricultural department reports. In addition, this year, beans will be sown in Transbaikalia for the first time. An agricultural enterprise recently opened in the Aginsky district intends to conduct an experiment on growing this leguminous crop on an area of 300 hectares. In general, spring crops in the region by May 16 were sown on 48.6 thousand hectares, which is 31.3% of the planned area. The leaders of ...