In 2020, in the Omsk region it is planned to put into circulation at least 29 thousand hectares of unused arable land. Thus, the sown area of crops will be 3,0 million ha, which is 82 thousand ha more than in 2019.
Of the total sown area, it is planned to sow 2,0 million ha of grain and leguminous crops (62 thousand ha more than in 2019); oilseeds - 329,0 thousand ha (20 thousand ha more than in 2019); fodder crops - 580 thousand ha, flax flax - 5,2 thousand ha. The area under potatoes and vegetables will be 34,2 thousand ha.
Recall that in 2019, farmers in the region collected 3 051,7 thousand tons of grain, 441,5 thousand tons of potatoes and vegetables, prepared 32,2 centners of forage for feed. on a feed cow. The volume of agricultural production amounted to 97,8 billion rubles, of which more than half are crop products.
In the current year 2020, the region plans to increase the volume of grain crops to 3,5 million tons, oilseeds - up to 317 thousand tons, potatoes and vegetables - up to 572 thousand tons. The authorities intend to achieve this by expanding the area under crops, increasing the volume of fertilizers applied and increasing the proportion of elite seeds.