The deputy chairman of the government Vladislav Bakumenko reported on the progress of the harvesting campaign to the governor of the Amur region, Alexander Kozlov.
Cereals are now 84% harvested. The weather makes adjustments to the course of the harvesting campaign. Waterlogging of the soil prevents equipment from entering the fields. However, the weather did not prevent the farmers from forming a stock of seeds. It is already 91% ready. Next year, agricultural producers intend to increase the sowing of grain.
This year, farmers have already harvested 210 hectares of buckwheat - this is more than last year, experts note the high yield of the crop - 8 centners per hectare (usually 6 centners are harvested). Potatoes also showed a record yield. In the region, the farms collect 140 centners per hectare, and in the Blagoveshchensk region - 169 centners per hectare.
The head of the region paid special attention to the issue of creating a separate Rosselkhoznadzor department. In May, the Governor of the Amur Region Alexander Kozlov discussed this issue with the head of the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance, Sergei Dankvert.
Now the region is subordinate to the Trans-Baikal Administration of the Rosselkhoznadzor, whose central office is in Chita. This does not allow us to quickly resolve issues. The terms for issuing phytosanitary documents and quality certificates for products of Amur plant breeders are significantly increased. At the same time, the dynamics of the development of agriculture in the region presupposes a further increase in the volume of work on the part of this service. Therefore, the issue was resolved positively - the Rosselkhoznadzor department in the Amur Region will begin work from the beginning of 2018. Now we are working on the formation of the staff.
By the way, the sowing in the Amur region was protracted due to weather conditions. A total of 1 million 237 thousand hectares of grain and 946 thousand hectares of soybean are sown, which is 52 thousand more than last year.