In the Penza region acreage increased to 1.27 million hectares, reports IC "Penzenskaya Pravda, citing Minister of agriculture in the region Andrey Burlakov.
According to Andrei Burlakov, the focus will be on expansion of potato and vegetable plantations. Under vegetables allocated 2.5 times more land than last year. Potatoes in 2015 it is planned to collect at least 150 thousand tons. The plan to raise sugar beets and 1.5 million tons. According to the calculations of the regional Ministry, this will load all the sugar mills area. The area under cultivation of buckwheat increased by 20%. More than 500 hectares will be sown lentils.
In 2015 acreage in the Penza region increased by 78.6 per thousand ha compared to 2014. The increase in area is provided for legumes, industrial crops.
Translated by Yandex.Translation"
