Held in June, continuous heavy showers and thunderstorms caused damage to 23 thousand hectares of agricultural land in Chechnya. This was announced by the Minister of agriculture of the Republic of Musa Dadaev.
 

"The total area planted this year is 222,6 thousand hectares. heavy Rains caused damage to crops in 23 thousand hectares. To date, prepared and sent to the Ministry of agriculture of the package of documents required for compensation of the caused damage", - quotes words of the Minister of agriculture of Chechnya, the press service of head and government.
 

According to him, Chechen farmers have to remove cereals 139 thousand hectares, more than 24 thousand have been removed. The average yield of 26.5 tons per hectare, which is 5% higher compared to last year.

"It is also worth noting that in the Chechen Republic significantly increased the number of land users. Almost 20 thousand ha, increased landing area farms elite seed and 60-70 thousand ha of industrial crops. In addition, planted more than 400 hectares of seedlings", - said Dadayev.
 

Referring to the Ministry plans for next year, he said that the beginning of the work of the Commission following the harvest will determine what crops will sow the fields in spring.