As of August 18, the gross grain harvest is 1,76 million tons with an average yield of 17,4 c / ha. More than 1,1 million tons of the harvested crop - winter and spring wheat. Also more than 405 thousand tons of barley were threshed.
Agrarians of the region collect late spring and vegetable crops. To date, more than 2,4 thousand tons of potatoes have been harvested with an average yield of 280 c / ha and more than 8,6 thousand tons of vegetables, the yield of which is 250 c / ha.
A number of agricultural producers have begun harvesting oil flax, and farms in ten municipal districts have begun sowing winter crops for the 2022 harvest. Currently, 5,8 thousand hectares have been sown.
“At present we are finishing the harvesting of the grain group,” said Evgeny Chechamushkin, head of the agriculture department of the municipal district of Koshkinsky. - The fields are gradually emptying. It remains to harvest about 800 hectares of chickpeas. The agricultural enterprises of the district have harvested half of the area under the flax. A number of farms have started harvesting corn for silage. "