The harvesting of vegetables has been completed in the region - tomato, cucumber, cabbage, pepper, carrots, beets, onions, etc. The processing of statistical data continues, however, according to operational information, about a million tons of vegetables have been harvested in farms of all categories, while in the collective sector - over 700 thousand tons, which is at the level of last year. The average yield was over 38 tons per hectare.
Despite the difficult year, all agricultural work was carried out in agronomic terms. In particular, in cooperation with the management bodies of the agro-industrial complex, heads of municipalities, as well as specialized educational institutions, issues of attracting labor resources were resolved.
The absolute leader in terms of the volume of vegetable products produced can be recognized as the Gorodishchensky District - it is the largest producer in Russia among municipalities, about 400 thousand tons are grown here.
They also keep a high bar in the vegetable growing industry Sredneakhtubinsky district - 104 thousand tons were produced, Svetloyarsky district - 54,72 thousand tons, Leninsky - 48 thousand tons.
The region is also provided with local products to a large extent for potatoes. Its cleaning has been completed in Leninsky, Ilovlinsky, Gorodishchensky, Svetloyarsky and Serafimovichsky municipal districts. In total, 2345 tons were obtained from 63164 hectares, which is 16 thousand tons more than in 2019 with an average yield of 270 centners per hectare.
Melon growers also exceeded last year's indicators - 75,8 thousand tons of crops were harvested. In addition, the harvesting of fruits was completed with the result of 43,8 thousand tons and berries - 186 tons.