A million tons of grain has been harvested in the Nizhny Novgorod region since the beginning of the harvesting campaign

A million tons of grain has been harvested in the Nizhny Novgorod region since the beginning of the harvesting campaign. This was announced by the Minister of Agriculture and Food Resources of the region Nikolay Denisov.
“Harvesting in the region continues. To date, grains and leguminous crops have been harvested from an area of ​​more than 370,000 hectares, which is almost 60 percent of the sown volume. Now the average grain yield per hectare is about 29 centners, which is 35 percent more than last year,” said Nikolai Denisov.
According to operational data, as of August 22, 2022, the largest volume of grain was produced in the Nizhny Novgorod region: in the municipal districts of the southern zone: Krasnooktyabrsky - 76 thousand tons; Gaginsky - 71.1 thousand tons; Pochinkovsky - 69.2 thousand tons; Sechenovsky - 68.6 thousand tons; in the central zone: in the Arzamas region - 61.5 thousand tons; Knyagininsky municipal district - 43.1 thousand tons; Vadsky municipal district - 41.2 thousand tons; in the municipal districts of the northern zone: Gorodetsky - 16.2 thousand tons; Urensky - 8.7 thousand tons; Koverninsky - 8.6 thousand tons.
“Agricultural organizations and farms in the region are also harvesting potatoes, vegetables, rapeseed, fiber flax. The procurement of feed for animals continues: 21 centners of feed units of coarse and succulent fodder from the planned 25 centners have been stocked for one conditional HEAD of livestock,” Nikolay Denisov added.
As of August 22, 2022, 638 thousand tons of haylage (101% of the plan), 167.5 thousand tons of hay (90%); 159.3 thousand tons - silage (22%); 45 thousand tons - grain fodder (18%).
Earlier, the governor of the Nizhny Novgorod region, Gleb Nikitin, said that following the results of the harvesting campaign, it is planned to produce at least 1.3 million tons of grain in the region - this volume will be enough to completely cover the region's needs for this product.
Recall that more than 5.4 billion rubles of subsidies were allocated to support agricultural enterprises and the development of rural areas of the Nizhny Novgorod region this year, of which more than 3.7 billion rubles have already been distributed to agricultural producers. The funds were used to carry out spring field work; melioration; reimbursement of part of the costs associated with the acquisition of machinery and equipment; to support producers of MILK and vegetables, support personnel and other areas.