According to the Ministry of agriculture on August 14, winter crops for the harvest-2021 planted on 155,5 thousand ha or 0.9% of the forecast area. This week on the start of the sowing campaign, in particular, reported Samara and Orenburg regions and Bashkortostan. In the near future will begin work regions Centre. How is the preparation for planting and will be more expensive if it is this year, "the Agroinvestor" said market participants.

The Chairman of the Board "Expanse agro" (Tula region) Alexey Ivanov:

- Winter sowing, we planned to start a few days ago, but so far in our region is not enough soil moisture, we decided to wait for the rains. In General, the traditional time of sowing in our region is 5 to 15 August for winter rape, 15 August — 15 September for winter wheat. The rotation we have a stable, we did not fundamentally changed: in our latitude it is built mainly around winter.

The cost sowing in this season will increase. Fertilizers will rise slightly, but the chemistry, which consistently imported and foreign seeds will seriously rise in price due to the devaluation of the ruble. Moreover, we have seriously upped the cost of diesel fuel — about 10%.

Vice-President of the holding company "Vasilisa" (the Samara, Orenburg, Saratov region) Nikolai Boboshko:

- We plan to start sowing winter crops on August 20-22, according to the recommended science terms, taking into account climate change in the regions. Most of the seeds have already been prepared. Under the harvest 2021 plan to sow 52 thousand hectares of winter wheat. Fallow fields ready for planting. The availability of the necessary equipment that is fully prepared to conduct the planned volume of work will allow to carry out sowing at the optimum time. It will be implemented with the application of mineral fertilizers over the entire area — the required amount has been delivered to farms. In the southern district of Samara region is an obstacle for the sowing of winter crops low soil moisture reserves. If precipitation will correct the situation, then interference to sowing will not, if not, spring will have to sow the fallow field spring.

The CEO of the company "Elan" (Orenburg region) Alexei Orlov:

- Winter wheat sowing we have not yet begun. However, its cleaning this year was a little earlier than the traditional timing, so the seeds we have harvested. In the next ten days waiting for the delivery of fertilizers. Do we always sow a little later than the traditional timing. This year we minimize crops of rye, replacing it with winter wheat. Assume that farmers will increase the area under rye, and it will not be such high in demand as this season.

The crop this year is significantly more expensive: the 10% increase in the price of fertilizers has risen in price fuel, 5-7% of the increased value of NWR. We use our own seeds, though they are also more expensive. Problems with the supply of the means of production we do not feel, as purchased in advance. Sowing will carry out fully on their own funds, proceeds from the sale of new crop loans are not going to take.

The Director General of the farms of "Agrogard" Paul Tsarev:

- North of the Kuban, we will begin in the optimal agronomic terms — from 25 September we will sow winter wheat for 12-15 days, from November 1 for three to five days — winter barley. Weather conditions can shift the start of the sowing for three or four days.

Winter wheat in the Orel region will begin to sow from August 22, the campaign will last for 20-30 days in Tambov on August 30 for 12-20 days in Lipetsk, with on August 28 in 10-20 days, in Kursk — on 25 August for 10-15 days. Also it is not excluded that the date will be shifted to three or four days because of the weather.

Winter wheat in the Kuban under the next year's crop will occupy 21 thousand hectares — 42% in crop rotation of barley — 3,6 thousand hectares — 7% of the rotation. In the Center of winter crops will be sown 36,4 thousand ha. By the way, this year in the Center for the experiment we sow 112 hectares of winter barley. We stay in the same rotation, the ratio of crop species do not change, small adjustments — plus or minus 30-50 ha can be associated with the location-specific fields.

The crop this year is somewhat expensive. The price of disinfectants increased by 10-14%, the original seeds have become more expensive by 10-20% depending on grade and region. At the same time, the cost of mineral fertilizers has remained at the same level as last year, and for ammophos decreased. With the acquisition of the means of production we had.

The General Director of agricultural enterprise "Native" (Tula oblast), Dmitry Inyutin:

- Sowing of winter rape of more than 300 hectares, we have already started, the deadlines are the same as last year. Winter wheat, the area under which will be about 2 thousand hectares, we start to sow in late August — early September, is also the standard for our region for the time. This year, the situation with soil moisture better than in the past, so the conditions for germination are more favorable. If we talk about the cost of sowing campaign, it increased slightly to 10% more expensive seeds due to the fall of the ruble exchange rate, 1-2%, prices for diesel fuel.

General Director of GC "Logus" (Voronezh region) Igor Alimenco:

Traditionally we start winter sowing in early September, and this year is no exception. For sowing now we have completely ready seeds and fertilizers. This year the cost of sowing campaign has risen compared to last, primarily due to the increase in fuel prices. But the seeds we bought for the same price as under harvest 2020. The rotation this year we do not change, as it has no reasons. The share of winter wheat in our economy, as usual, will be about 30% of the total area of crops.