In the rice plantations located in the republic, the final stage of harvesting their crop, known as "white gold," is taking place. It is expected that this process will be completed by early November.
In the current year 2024, four rice plantations covering a total of 3600 hectares. Here is their distribution: JSC "50 Years of October" - 1767 hectares, LLC "Revival" - 922 hectares, agricultural consumer cooperative "Source" - 100 hectares, and LLC "Swan-Agro" - 800 hectares.
At the moment, 7313.3 tons of rice have already been harvested from the productive area of 1546 hectares. In addition, 85.6 million cubic meters of water were needed for irrigation of the crops.
An analysis of the quality of rice grains showed that it is one of the best in Russia and does not contain any pesticide residues or other harmful substances, noted the acting Minister Timur Gavaev. He also added that it is preliminarily expected that the harvested crop of this valuable cereal crop will be no lower than last year.