Penza, 19 June 2012. PenzaNews. 673 thousand ha of spring crops were sown in the fields of the Penza region. This was announced by the Minister of Agriculture of the region Ivan Firyulin during a press conference at the press center of news agency PenzaNews on Tuesday, June 19. “The amount of the planned work in the area was carried out. They managed both industrial and oil crops. Although the area under principal industrial crop, sugar beet, was slightly reduced. However, I believe that this year we have planted exactly the amount that will ensure processing to our sugar factories,” said the Minister.
According to his words, in 2012 new crops for the Penza region appeared in the fields, lentil and chickpea, which are planned for export to Israel.

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The Minister of Agriculture noted, however, that this year was not favorable for winter crops. “This kind of years comes to be once in 30 years. For example, in 1975 the meadow moth caused serious damage to winter crops, and this year productivity will be affected by high temperature of May and pests such as stem and the Gnessin flies and others. Farmers could not manage protecting crops in time,” clarified Ivan Firyulin.

According to the Minister’s words, all in all gross harvest of grain crops this year will not be worse than in the previous one.