According to the latest data, by the end of May 23, nearly half of the sowing campaign of agricultural crops was completed in the Zabaykalsky Krai, announced the acting head of the regional Ministry of Agriculture, Alexander Tyukavkin.
According to him, farms and agricultural enterprises of the Zabaykalsky Krai have carried out spring sowing on an area of 64 thousand hectares, which is 45% of the planned volume. Currently, seed sowing is taking place in the fields of 18 municipal entities. The most active work is being done by farmers in the Chernyshevsky district, where 17.2 thousand hectares have been sown. Agricultural producers of the Priargunsky district and Sretensky district have completed sowing on an area of 9.6 thousand and 8.1 thousand hectares respectively," said the interim minister.
Grain crops were sown on an area of 28.1 thousand hectares.