This year in the Chelyabinsk region there is a high yield of potatoes. It has already been removed more than 130 thousand tons, which is a quarter more than last year. According to the press service of the regional Ministry of Agriculture, it remains to harvest another 400 hectares of potatoes, or 5 percent of the total area.
In general, the harvesting campaign will end soon. It remains to thresh 85 thousand hectares of grain and leguminous crops, this is only six percent of the harvested area. In conclusion, it will be necessary to collect oilseeds and open-field vegetables.
The main feature of this year's harvesting campaign is the late ripening of all crops due to the cold spring and summer. Harvesting moved about ten days. Thanks to the well-equipped equipment, the farmers managed to level the weather conditions and quickly remove the bulk of grain and leguminous crops.
Oilseeds begin to ripen only now. Out of 162 thousand hectares of land, mainly rape and flax, less than a third has been removed. About 44 thousand tons of oilseeds were harvested. Outdoor vegetables were harvested at 63 percent, onions were almost completely harvested. The total harvest of vegetables is still 19 thousand tons.
Source: https://polit74.ru