The harvest is in full swing

The harvest is in full swing

Despite the drought, the region's farmers get a good harvest. About 263.0 thousand hectares of grain-ear crops (56%) have been harvested, 438.0 thousand tons of grain have been collected with an average yield of 16.7 centner / hectare. There are 265 grain warehouses with a capacity of 771 thousand tons, including 2 licensed grain receiving enterprises for 58.6 thousand tons.

According to the regional Department of agriculture, sugar beet is sown on an area of 16.1 thousand hectares, it is planned to collect 500 thousand tons of sweet root and produce up to 48 thousand tons of sugar. Today, the Aksu and Koksu sugar plants are ready for 100%, and the sugar beet intake will begin in the second decade of September.

Farmers also started harvesting potatoes. The average yield of the second bread is 176.1 centner / hectare, slightly higher than last year. Today, 8.6 thousand hectares of 40.3 thousand hectares have been harvested and 150.8 thousand tons have been collected.

More than 2 million tons of hay harvested, which is 75.8% of the demand, and 983.7 thousand tons of coarse feed. 42.9 thousand tons of winter and spring crops, or 54.1% of the demand, were filled in.

All equipment has been repaired, and 1,409 combines, 1,2020 tractors, 180 mechtoks, 260 grain loaders, 203 grain sweepers, 160 grain cleaning machines and 249 car weights are involved in cleaning.

For the timely completion of harvesting operations, 19.1 thousand tons of diesel fuel allocated by the Ministry of energy were delivered on schedule – 3.9 thousand tons, agricultural producers selected – 1.8 thousand tons. In addition, farms independently purchased 5 thousand tons on the market. The completed activities make it possible to complete the harvesting work on time and with high quality.