Russia: Wheat and grape record, sugar beet breeding, and support for farmers

In 2022, the Krasnodar Territory made a significant contribution to strengthening the country's food sovereignty and continued to implement the most important agricultural tasks The Government of the Krasnodar Territory summed up the results of the year. The agro-industrial complex showed growth in all positions. - The region has made a significant contribution to strengthening the food sovereignty of the state. Farmers have achieved a record harvest - 15.7 million tons of grain and leguminous crops. For the first time in history, 10 million 700 thousand tons of wheat were harvested, - said the Governor of the Krasnodar Territory Veniamin Kondratyev. - We continued to develop viticulture as a separate sector of the economy, create nurseries with domestic seedlings and expand plantations. As a result, we reached a historical record - 283 thousand tons of grapes, which is more than 40% of the total gross harvest in the country. High yields open up opportunities for increasing the ...