Overall, this year spring crops will be planted 1.9 million ha, including spring grains and leguminous crops - 885,9 thousand hectares, technical crops - 813,1 thousand hectares, potatoes and vegetable and melon crops - 49.4 thousand hectares, fodder crops - 162,7 thousand hectares.

Also in the farms of the region ends with the first spring fertilizing of winter crops. We will remind, for the harvest of the 2018 winter crops sown 1 548,5 thousand hectares, including winter wheat 1 424 thousand hectares, winter barley 124 thousand hectares, winter rape 20.6 thousand hectares. According to experts, the crop condition generally good – better than in 2017. Reseeding is not required.

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