The course of field work was discussed at a weekly meeting of the head of Chuvashia with the heads of local authorities.
Speaking to the participants, Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Chuvash Republic - Minister of Agriculture Sergey Artamonov noted that the pace of sowing this season is much faster than last year. But due to the reseeding of a significant area of dead winter crops, the duration of the spring campaign has increased.
The Minister recalled that the area of death of winter crops amounted to 50,9 thousand hectares. The direct costs of the affected households amounted to 439,6 million rubles, the damage - 1,3 billion rubles.
On May 20, sowing of spring grain and leguminous crops in the republic's farms was carried out on 209,7 thousand ha, or 87,2% of the plan, taking into account the re-sowing of dead winter crops (41,3 thousand ha). In 2018 - 163,6 thousand ha, or 76,3%.
According to the minister, the largest areas of spring grain and leguminous crops are in Yalchik (21,1 thousand ha) and Batyrev (16,0 thousand ha) districts. In most agricultural enterprises of the republic, sowing of spring grain and leguminous crops is completed. On May 20, he goes to 54 households.
The minister also said that this year there has been an increase in the area of highly profitable oilseeds. The rate of their sowing is significantly ahead of last year and has already exceeded the final indicator of 2018. The sown area of rapeseed is 9,7 thousand hectares, which is 2,2 times the last year's total (in 2018 - 4,5 thousand hectares). The situation is similar to mustard. 8,9 thousand hectares were sown, which is 1,4 times higher than last year's indicators (2018 thousand hectares in 6,5).
In total, taking into account sunflower, oilseed radish, oilseed flax and soybeans, on May 20, 22,2 thousand hectares of oilseeds were sown. This is 5 thousand hectares more than 2018 (17 thousand hectares).
In general, the pace of planting potatoes, according to Sergei Artamonov, is also ahead of last year. 4,4 thousand ha were planted, which is 0,2 thousand ha more than in 2018 (4,2 thousand ha). In Batyrevsky, Kozlovsky and Komsomolsky districts, 500 ha and more have already been planted.
In agricultural organizations and peasant farms, open-ground vegetables are located on an area of 427 hectares (in 2018 - on 328 hectares), onion sets - on 363 hectares (in 2018 - on 361 hectares), sugar beets on 840 hectares (a year earlier - on 700 ha).
Trimming the main rhizomes of hops carried out on 98 hectares, as in the past year. It is mounted on 82 hectares (in 2018 - 64 hectares).
Source: http://mcx.ru/