In the steppe region of Orenburg Oblast, field owners are preparing for the final stage. By the second day of June, more than three million four thousand hectares of spring crops have already been sown throughout the region (which is 90% of the planned amount), including one million five hundred thirty-seven thousand one hundred hectares of cereals and legumes (86% of the plan for these types of plants), as reported by specialists from the regional department of agriculture.
Sowing of spring cereals and legumes has been fully completed in Akbulaksky, Aleksandrovsky, Belyaevsky, Grachevsky, Dombarovsky, Pervomaisky, Tashlinsky, and Totsky districts, as well as in the Sol-Iletsk urban district. Progress is being made towards completion of work in Krasnogvardeysky, Ponomarevsky, Svetlinsky districts, and in the city of Mednogorsk.
As of today, the largest sown areas are noted in Adamovsky district – 153.9 thousand hectares, in Kvarlensky – 129.2 thousand hectares, and in Aleksandrovsky – 125.2 thousand hectares.
