Head of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Belarus Ilshat Fazrakhmanov spoke about the sowing of spring crops and preparations for forage harvesting in Bashkortostan

Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Belarus - Minister of Agriculture Ilshat Fazrakhmanov today at the operational meeting of the Government of the Republic of Belarus noted that 243% of the precipitation rate fell in the Republic of Bashkortostan last week. Due to weather conditions, the pace of sowing work in the region was slowed down. Spring sowing on May 23 was carried out on an area of ​​​​more than 1 million 570 thousand hectares, or 72.4% of the plan. Almost 90% of SUGAR beet sowing was carried out - 38 thousand hectares, 80% - oilseeds (341 thousand hectares).
According to the Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Belarus, the Minister of Agriculture, the resowing of dead winter crops was carried out on an area of ​​15.7 thousand hectares, which is 5.3% of the area sown with winter crops. In total, the area of ​​winter grains in Bashkortostan in 2022 is 295 thousand hectares.
In the region, work continues on caring for crops of winter, spring cereals and sugar beets. Chemical weeding was carried out on a total area of ​​69.1 thousand hectares (winter crops - 61 thousand hectares, sugar beet (1 sample) - 5.7 thousand hectares, spring cereals - 2 thousand hectares). Treatment against pests and diseases of winter crops was carried out on an area of ​​30.6 thousand hectares, sugar beet - 2 thousand 10 hectares.
it was noted that for seasonal field work, 95 thousand tons of mineral fertilizers in the active substance are required (in 2021 - 80 thousand tons in a. w.). As of May 23, 2022, their farmers in the region purchased more than 83 thousand tons, or 88% of the plan.
In conclusion, Ilshat Fazrakhmanov spoke about the preparations for the forage harvesting campaign in the republic. So, on the eve of the forage harvesting season, on May 27, 2022, in the Karmaskala district on the basis of the Artemida farm, a seminar “Hylage Day” will be held, organized by the MILK Institute, together with the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic.
During the event, issues related to compliance with feed production technologies will be discussed.