Grain, potatoes and vegetables less fodder for cattle — more than planned. In the Kostroma region to share the results of the harvest. As reported Director of the Department of agroindustrial complex of Kostroma region Sergei Ivanov, all farmers in the region have completed harvest.

Officials say that due to bad weather "the harvesting campaign of 2017 began three weeks later than last year and the risk of losing a significant part of the crop persisted throughout the entire period."

In the area managed to eliminate the threat of the shortage of feed for livestock — provision of feed is 110%. Previously, the government had taken emergency measures — the collection of fodder was seriously behind schedule.

See also: Emergency measures: Kostroma farmers intensively harvested forage

Compared to year 2016 have decreased cereals, potatoes and vegetables:

The harvest in the Kostroma region for the last 3 years*

*figures provided in thousands of tons

In the whole Kostroma region winter crops sown in 12 districts on a total area of 2.3 thousand, gapo the results of the field work 2017 the Department of agriculture has proposed to allocate subsidies to farmers "to purchase not only a luxury, but also the reproductive seeds of grain crops and perennial grasses, and the establishment of insurance funds of seeds." This measure, according to officials, should reduce "seasonal fluctuations of gross yield of seeds and to ensure availability of seed farms to the beginning of the planting season".

Also planned is a 1.5-fold increase in "financing challenges facing the development of technical equipment of agricultural producers of the region."

IA REGNUM reminds that from-for frosts and rains in early summer in two districts of the Kostroma region have been destroyed 210 hectares of winter crops. Was damaged at 5 million rubles. Then in the affected areas was introduced a state of emergency.

"Due to adverse weather conditions removed 13 times less than the farmland, silage harvested 7 times less than last year." Then the Governor of Kostroma region Sergey Sitenkov required to take "necessary measures to impose emergency. To think how this situation out. Year really very heavy."Crisis local farmers and officials are eliminated, but the damage from adverse weather the area received noticeable.