Russia: Winter crop areas to be preserved in Kuban

Published 2024년 10월 7일

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Farmers in the Krasnodar Territory, a major agricultural region in Russia, have commenced sowing winter crops for the 2025 harvest, covering approximately 1.8 million hectares. The majority of this land (over 1.6 million hectares) will be dedicated to wheat, with smaller areas allocated for barley, triticale, and rape. The National Grain Center has supplied domestic seed selection for this sowing. The region has secured over 400 thousand tons of seeds and 300 thousand tons of fertilizers to support the farmers. The sowing is expected to be completed by October 25, weather permitting. In 2024, the region saw a successful harvest, collecting nearly 11.9 million tons of grain, including over 10.2 million tons of wheat, and plans to complete the 2025 harvesting by the end of November.

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Farmers of the Krasnodar Territory, one of the main agricultural regions of the Russian Federation, have begun the sowing campaign; about 1.8 million hectares will be sown with winter crops for the 2025 harvest. This was reported on the website of the Krasnodar Territory administration. "Our region was one of the first to start laying the foundation for next year's harvest. The sowing structure has not changed significantly. Traditionally, the largest area is allocated for wheat - over 1.6 million hectares. Winter barley will be sown on 158 thousand hectares, winter triticale - 2.5 thousand. Also, 78 thousand hectares of winter rape will be sown. Farmers use seeds exclusively of domestic selection of the National Grain Center named after P. P. Lukyanenko," the website quotes the words of the Minister of Agriculture and Processing Industry of the region Fedor Dereki. It is specified that about 1.8 million hectares will be allocated for the winter crop harvest, farmers are 100% ...

Source: Agrovesti