According to the Minister of agriculture of the region Tatyana Kravceva, for the current day, the region produced 3.5 million tons of grain. It's 2 times more than were collected on the same date last year. In General, removed 77% of the area. Elevators is the acceptance of grain.

The planned winter and spring wheat region today, the leaders of the Volga Federal district - it collected 2.6 million tons.

Farmers have already been shipped outside the region 108 thousand tons of grain, including 38 thousand tons for export to Azerbaijan, Iran, Jordan, Poland, Czech Republic and other countries.

Tatiana Kravtsev stressed that launched the state procurement interventions. Minimum price of wheat of 3 class is equal to 10900 rubles per ton.

It was noted that the region is actively engaged in the collection of vegetables and potatoes. Agricultural enterprises harvested 260 thousand tons of fodder, higher needs. A population made forage reserves of 600 thousand tons, accounting for 115% of plan.