According to the Ministry of Agriculture of the Novgorod Region, the grain was harvested from an area of 13 thousand hectares (79% of the total area), 38 thousand tons of grain were harvested in the originally capitalized weight (118% of the planned), the average yield was 31,6 c / ha ( in the Russian Federation - 26,7 kg / ha).
Grain harvesting has been completed in Valday, Demyansk, Moshensky, Okulovsky, Pestovsky, Poddorsky, Soletsky and Chudovsky districts.
Potatoes were harvested from an area of 1,9 thousand hectares (50% of the total area), 50 thousand tons of potatoes were harvested (55% of the planned), the average yield of potatoes is 263 centners per hectare (253,9 centners per hectare in the Russian Federation). Cleaning in Krestetsky, Marevsky, Pestovsky and Chudovsky areas is completed. Close to the end of the harvest Valdai, Okulovsky and Lyubytinsky areas.
Vegetables were harvested in an area of 464 hectares (26% of the total area), the gross harvest is 12 thousand tons (20% of the planned volume), the average yield is 256 c / ha (in the RF-215,5 c / ha). Fully harvested vegetables completed only in the Krestetsky district. The Valdai, Okulovsky and Khvoyninsky areas are close to completion.
The leaders of the agro-industrial complex management bodies in Batetsky, Borovichi, Volotovsky, Novgorod, Parfinsky, Poddor, Soletsky, Starorussky and Shimsky districts, who lagged behind, explain that the decrease in the cleaning rate is caused, first of all, by adverse weather conditions. But at the same time, they say that all the obligations undertaken will be fulfilled.
Source: https://novvedomosti.ru