Agricultural producers in the region have currently fulfilled the plan for planting potatoes and vegetables by 11%.
Warm weather set in early in the region, thanks to which Primorye residents managed to plant 300 hectares of potatoes. This is four times more than on the same date a year earlier.
Farmers are twice as fast as 2023 in terms of borscht vegetables: carrots, beets, onions, and white cabbage.
In the Primorsky Territory, in the new season they plan to allocate an area of over 495 thousand hectares to various agricultural crops. To help industry representatives, there are government support measures, including reimbursement of part of the cost of purchasing seeds.
The threat of drought remains in southern Russia
In the Southern and North Caucasus Federal Districts, reduced moisture content of the topsoil is observed. Such data appeared in the agrometeorological review of the Hydrometeorological Center of Russia....