Saratov districts affected by drought last year, not enough of 4.9 thousand tons of seeds for sowing.

Currently, the districts are forced to buy seeds that they do not have enough for spring planting. It is noted that the greatest damage was done in the districts Ozinsky, Novouzenskoye and red partisan.

According to the Minister of agriculture of the region Tatiana Kravtsev, in the field of seeds of spring grain and leguminous crops covered in the amount of 162 thousand tons (97% of requirement), including 4.2 thousand tons of elite seeds.

We will remind, in the Saratov region, the farmers begin to prepare for spring field work.