6,7 thousand tons of vitamin products were harvested from the fields of the Volgograd region - vegetable growers received the first crop of cucumbers, tomatoes, white and Chinese cabbage, peppers and radishes.
According to the Committee of Agriculture of the Volgograd Region, the first in the region to start harvesting early vegetables were the farmers of the Sredneakhtubinsky, Bykovsky, Ilovlinsky, Novoanninsky and Kamyshinsky districts. The progress of work was discussed at a meeting of the regional headquarters for the sustainable development of the agro-industrial complex of the Volgograd region.
Recall that in 2023, vegetable crops in the region occupied 21,7 thousand hectares, which is 101% of the plan. The largest vegetable lands are located on the territory of Gorodishchensky, Bykovsky, Sredneakhtubinsky districts. Onions and carrots, the main crops of Volgograd vegetable growers, are in the lead in terms of sown area. Potatoes were planted on 3,9 thousand hectares, which is 15% more than planned.