In 2019, Nizhny Novgorod agrarians plan to sow 565,7 thousand hectares of spring crops. This was reported by the regional ministry of agriculture and food resources.
As of the end of April, spring crops were sown on an area of 183 thousand hectares. Agricultural producers carry out sowing of cereals, sugar beets, rapeseed, annual grasses, as well as planting potatoes. In addition, in the agricultural organizations of the region, work continues on harrowing and feeding winter crops and perennial grasses, as well as harrowing fall plows and plowing the soil.
As recalled in the regional Ministry of Agriculture, in accordance with the state program "Development of the agro-industrial complex of the Nizhny Novgorod region" in 2019, it is planned to produce 1 114 thousand tons of grain; 352 thousand tons of potatoes; 48,9 thousand tons of vegetables; 218,5 thousand tons of sugar beet; 2,5 thousand tons of flax and hemp fiber.
We will remind, earlier the head of the region Gleb Nikitin announced a decision to increase state support for agriculture in the Nizhny Novgorod region by 27,5% from the regional budget in 2019.
Source: http://vestinn.ru/