All districts of the Lipetsk region started spring sowing

The sowing campaign started at the usual time. This year, 1.4 million hectares are to be sown.
All municipalities have already started sowing spring cereals and legumes. To date, they have sown more than 121 thousand hectares. These are spring wheat, barley, oats, as well as lupins and peas. Sowing of annual grasses in some areas has already been completed. SUGAR beet sowing has begun in 14 districts. The area under it will be increased by 15% in 2022. The farmers also started sowing sunflower and rapeseed. In total, almost 148 thousand hectares have been sown with spring crops so far.
Fertilization of winter crops and perennial grasses is almost completed. Mineral fertilizers have already been applied on an area of ​​366,000 hectares. Twenty-two percent more fertilizers were purchased this year than in the previous year. Winter crops, which are located on 369.5 thousand hectares, overwintered well: 97% of them are in good or satisfactory condition.
“Winter crops have overwintered, top dressing has been done, the rains have passed, the soil has a very high moisture reserve, so our forecast is optimistic,” said Oleg Dolgikh, HEAD of the Lipetsk Region Agriculture Department. - Almost all the seeds are stocked, now we are delivering the last batches of sunflower seeds. The delay is due to logistics. Some varieties will have to be replaced with others, but this does not mean that the replacement will be worse.”