Harvesting is coming to an end in the region, but its results do not please farmers. According to the Ministry of Agroindustrial Complex and Consumer Market of the Sverdlovsk Region, this year the grain harvest amounted to 378 thousand tons, last year - 517 thousand. There is a shortage in the amount of hay, haylage and silage. The harvest of beets has dropped three times: from 1075 thousand tons to 360. ...
Alexander Kozhevnikov, general director of AO AIC "Belorechensky", commenting on the problem, noted that the yield of potatoes in his farm fell at least twice in comparison with last year.
This summer's weather conditions are to blame for the current situation: as farmers note, there was no rain for more than two months in many areas, and an emergency regime was introduced in the region at the end of July.