According to the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation, spring sowing in the country was carried out on an area of 6,6 million ha, or 12,7% of the projected area (in 2019 - 3,9 million ha).
Including in the Southern Federal District, spring sowing was carried out on an area of 2,2 million ha, or 39,3% of the forecast (in 2019 - 1,7 million ha), in the North Caucasus Federal District - 696,5 thousand ha or 36,6% of the forecast (in 2019 - 558,8 thousand ha), in the Central Federal District - 3,2 million ha, or 33,9% of the forecast (in 2019 - 1,5 million ha), Volga Federal District - 362,3 thousand ha, or 2,3% of the forecast (in 2019 - 47,3 thousand ha), in the North-West Federal District - 30,2 thousand ha, or 6,6% the forecast (in 2019 - 1,6 thousand hectares), in the Far Eastern Federal District - 82,2 thousand hectares, or 3,5% of the forecast (in 2019 - 48,1 tons Hectares).
Spring crops in the whole country are sown on an area of 4,2 million hectares, or 14,3% of the projected area (in 2019 - 2,4 million hectares).
Of these, spring wheat was sown on an area of 712,4 thousand ha, or 5,9% of the projected area (in 2019 - 216,4 thousand ha), spring barley - 2,1 million ha, or 26,7% of the projected area (in 2019 - 1,2 million hectares), corn for grain - 520,8 thousand hectares, or 19,1% of the projected area (in 2019 - 227,5 thousand hectares).
Sugar beets (factory) were sown on an area of 513,2 thousand ha or 50,2% of the forecast area (in 2019 - 334,6 thousand ha).
Sunflower is sown on an area of more than 1 million hectares, or 12,9% of the projected area (in 2019 - 430,6 thousand hectares).
Spring rape is sown on an area of 85,7 thousand ha or 6,6% of the forecast area (in 2019 - 45,5 thousand ha).
Soybean was sown on an area of 48,7 thousand ha or 1,5% of the forecast area (in 2019 - 20,2 thousand ha).
Potatoes in agricultural enterprises and peasant (farmer) farms were planted on an area of 20,9 thousand hectares, or 6,8% of the projected area (in 2019 - 20,2 thousand hectares).
The sowing of early vegetables in agricultural enterprises and peasant (farmer) farms was carried out on an area of 25,5 thousand ha, or 13,8% of the forecast area (in 2019 - 19,5 thousand ha).