Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev will hold a Wednesday meeting for the stable functioning of branches of agriculture, the press service of the Cabinet of Ministers. Members of the government will discuss the issue of availability of credit and material resources of spring field works.

Press service informs that in 2015 the sowing of spring crops is planned for the area 51,85 million hectares, including spring grain and leguminous crops 31 million hectares

The projected increase in acreage for the following crops: maize, millet, rice, soybean, sugar beet, potatoes and other vegetable crops. The area of winter crops for the harvest 2015 is 16.8 million hectares as of 11 February 2015 there 5,878 million tons of seeds of spring grain and leguminous crops.