Currently, the Crimea and some regions of the southern, North-Caucasian and Central Federal districts are fertilizing of winter crops and planting early spring crops.
As of 19 March 2015 in the whole country from 16.8 million hectares are fed up 4.5 million ha (26,8% of the sowing areas) winter cereals (in 2014 and 3.4 million ha).
Including in the southern Federal district are fed up about 3.0 million hectares of winter (2014 - 2.2 million hectares) in the North Caucasian Federal district - 0.6 million ha (2014 - 0.4 million hectares) in the Central Federal district - 0.6 million ha (in 2014 0.8 million ha), in the Crimean Federal district - 0.3 million hectares In the Krasnodar region fertilizing of winter crops is completed.
In 2015 in all categories of farms spring sowing is scheduled to be held on the square 51.9 million hectares, including spring grain and leguminous crops on an area of 31.0 million hectares.
On March 19, spring sowing is carried out in the area 485,4 thousand ha or 0.9% of the forecast (in 2014 to 102.5 thousand hectares). Including in the southern Federal district sown 271.4 thousand hectares of early spring crops (in 2014 - 77.5 thousand hectares) in the North Caucasian Federal district - 164.5 thousand hectares (in 2014 - 22,9 thousand hectares), in the Crimean Federal district - 46,9 thousand hectares in the Central Federal district of 2.6 hectares (2014 - 2.1 thousand ha).
