Don agrarians prefer domestic corn and sunflower seeds

Now the plant breeders of the Rostov region have an active time - spring sowing. According to the operational data of the regional departments of the regional Rosselkhoztsentr, the agrarians of the Rostov region have prepared seeds of spring grain crops and are completing the harvesting of sowing material for corn, sunflower and other late crops.
Corn seeds, the total need for which in 2023 is 3.1 thousand tons, are available in the farms of the region - 2.2 thousand tons. Of these, 60% are seeds of domestic selection, the purchase continues, but the indicator of harvesting Russian varieties and hybrids of corn already significantly exceeds last year's figures. In 2022, the total percentage of corn crops occupied by seeds of Russian selection in the Rostov region amounted to 43%.
Significantly increased the indicator of harvesting Russian sunflower seeds. With a total need of 3.8 thousand tons in 2023, the farms have already harvested 2.91 thousand tons, 37% of which are seeds of domestic selection. For comparison, in 2022, sunflower crops occupied by seeds of domestic selection in the Rostov region amounted to 16%.
For sowing spring grain crops, agricultural producers filled up 104.49 thousand tons - this is 104.9% of the total need, all of Russian selection. Of these, 74.59 thousand tons or 74.9% were checked by the laboratories of the Russian Agricultural Center for compliance with GOST (full analysis), all seeds are conditioned.