Russia: Omsk farmers need to move away from monocultures

Published Dec 10, 2024

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Omsk region's Minister of Agriculture, Nikolai Drofa, has highlighted the need for farmers to diversify their crops due to declining wheat consumption. The region has seen record grain harvests, leading arrangements for grain shipments to the east as sales to Kazakhstan have decreased. Despite challenges in wheat sales and low prices, the oilseeds and legumes market is showing some movement. Drofa stressed the profitability of livestock farming, with 25.5% profitability last year, contrasting with crop production's 4.6% profitability, which is expected to decline due to increased costs and a stagnant sales market.

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The head of the Omsk Ministry of Agriculture notes that wheat consumption is gradually declining, and in order to remain profitable, Omsk farmers should take a closer look at rapeseed, sunflower or soybeans. The results of the work of the agro-industrial complex of the Omsk Region were summed up today, December 10, in the regional House of Journalists by the Minister of Agriculture, Food and Processing Industry of the region Nikolai Drofa. At the beginning of the meeting, he recalled that this year Omsk farmers collected a record high grain harvest - more than 4 million tons. "We are among the top ten among Russian regions. In grain production, we are sixth, in barley - fourth. If we talk about the Siberian Federal District, then we are traditionally second after Altai in terms of production volume. This year we had a good yield, more than 20 centers in bunker weight we received as a result. In potatoes, we are the leaders in Siberia in terms of production volume. Although we ...

Source: Zol