According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Food of the region, as of May 11, 2021, 215 thousand hectares of early spring grain crops were sown in the region, which is 65% of the planned area. Sugar beet sown 4,5 thousand hectares (72%), annual grasses - 10,5 thousand hectares (44%), sunflower - 24 thousand hectares (41%), rapeseed - 18 thousand hectares (34%). Early varieties of potatoes are planted on an area of 260 hectares (5%).
This year, due to weather conditions in the Ryazan region, spring field work started two weeks later than the average long-term period.
The death of winter crops due to unfavorable weather conditions was 11% - 41 thousand hectares (mainly located in the southern regions of the region); to date, 26,5 thousand hectares have been sown.