The harvest campaign in the Saratov region is coming to an end, said the Minister of Agriculture of the region Tatyana Kravtseva. According to her, 5 million 850 thousand tons of grain have been harvested. The leaders are Balashovsky and Ershovsky districts. The head of the department spoke about this at a meeting of the governor Valery Radaev with the heads of the executive authorities.
In 13 districts, corn is still being harvested, with an average yield of 50 centners per hectare. Also collected 370 thousand tons of sunflower, added Kravtseva.
Farmers collected 320 thousand tons of vegetables. Harvesting beets continues, at present, 200 thousand tons of root crops have been dug. Potato harvesting in the Saratov region has been completed, 370 thousand tons have been harvested.
As the minister said, about a million tons of grain were sent outside the region, of which 270 thousand tons were exported. The average cost of grain is 4200 rubles per ton, wheat of the 4th class is sold at a price of 4500 rubles per ton, it is exported at a price of 8500 rubles.
“The issues of grain sales need to be dealt with purposefully. You need to start from the cost of the grain produced, approach this issue more pragmatically, ”Radaev said.
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