Sowing work in the region began in the first decade of May with the planting of early varieties of cabbage, the press service of the Ministry of Agriculture and Trade of the Sakhalin Region reports. Now the sowing campaign is going on in the southern regions. Landing in the central and northern regions is planned in the first ten days of June.
“Now there is an active phase. Almost 50% of the area has already been sown. The sowing campaign goes on without interruption, the weather favors,” said Ekaterina Slivkina, Head of the Department of Crop Production and Agricultural Mechanization of the Regional Ministry of Agriculture and Trade.
To date, 860 hectares of potatoes and 190 open ground vegetables have already been planted. Also, livestock breeders actively continue to sow fodder crops. Thus, 1408 hectares of annual fodder crops and perennial grasses were sown. – 1160 ha.
The sowing campaign is being conducted not only among large Sakhalin agricultural producers, but also among peasant farms.
It is worth noting that this year in the Sakhalin Region the area under potatoes and vegetables has been increased. Thus, the area occupied by potatoes will be 1908 hectares, open ground vegetables - 616 hectares. In general, the gross harvest will be at least 43 tons of potatoes and 22 tons of vegetables. Taking into account personal subsidiary farms - about 60 and 26 thousand tons.