Ministry of Agriculture: Spring sowing in Russia is carried out on 0.5 million hectares

Russia

Published Mar 23, 2023

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The sowing of spring crops in Russia has been carried out on an area of 500,000 hectares; it is ahead of last year's figures. This was reported to Interfax by the Deputy Minister of Agriculture of Russia Andrey Razin on the sidelines of the Agrocomplex-2023 agro-industrial forum in Ufa. According to Razin, this year the area of spring sowing may exceed last year by 1 million hectares. “But we are balancing the sown area based on the winter sowing. There is an approved area structure, and we are moving within it. So far, we have not fixed any problems, ”Interfax quoted him as saying. According to Razin, winter crops are also fed on 6 million hectares. According to the Ministry of Agriculture, sowing of winter crops for the harvest of 2023 was carried out on 17.7 million hectares against 18.4 million hectares a year earlier. The department expects that the grain harvest this year will be 125-127 million tons. Producers noted an increase in prices for seeds and fertilizers, there was also a problem with spare parts for the repair of agricultural machinery, but “gray” imports solve this problem, Elena Tyurina, director of the analytical department of the Russian Grain Union, told Agroinvestor.

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The sowing of spring crops in Russia has been carried out on an area of 500,000 hectares; it is ahead of last year's figures. This was reported to Interfax by the Deputy Minister of Agriculture of Russia Andrey Razin on the sidelines of the Agrocomplex-2023 agro-industrial forum in Ufa. According to Razin, this year the area of spring sowing may exceed last year by 1 million hectares. “But we are balancing the sown area based on the winter sowing <...> There is an approved area structure, and we are moving within it. So far, we have not fixed any problems, ”Interfax quoted him as saying. According to Razin, winter crops are also fed on 6 million hectares. According to the Ministry of Agriculture, sowing of winter crops for the harvest of 2023 was carried out on 17.7 million hectares against 18.4 million hectares a year earlier. The department expects that the grain harvest this year will be 125-127 million tons. Producers noted an increase in prices for seeds and fertilizers, ...

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