Aktanyshsky district has launched spring-field work
The farmers of Tatarstan have begun spring field work. The first in the republic to start the spring field work were the farmers of the Aktanyshsky district. The agrarians of Chistopol district joined them. The other day Aznakaevsky district plans to enter the field.
LLC named after N Bayan in Aktanyshsky district has already begun to fertilize winter rye and wheat on 305 hectares. In total, winter crops in the Aktanyshsky district should be fed on an area of 12.3 thousand ha, perennial grasses - 19.3 thousand ha, and on an area of 12.3 and 20.2 thousand ha in Chistopolsky area. In the republic, work on feeding winter crops is planned on an area of 486.7 thousand ha.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Food of the Republic of Tatarstan reports that in Tatarstan, agricultural producers can receive budgetary funds for the purchase of mineral fertilizers for the 2020 crop. This money will be received by farms that accumulate at least 35 kg of the active substance of mineral fertilizers per hectare of sown area.
As of March 13, the total number of more than 107,615 tons of fertilizers or 38.5 kg of active substance per hectare of crops was purchased. As of this date last year, the accumulated resources in the republic amounted to 32.5 kg a.i. per hectare.
According to the latest data, the three leaders are the Zainsky district, whose farms have accumulated mineral fertilizers of 5,172 tons or 77 kg of a.i. per hectare of crops (110%), Sarmanovsky district with 5 567 tons or 70.4 kg a.a. per hectare (100.6%) and Tukaevsky district of 4,734 tons or 63 kg (90%). Good indicators are also in the Tetyushsky, Atninsky, Baltasinsky, Sabinsky, Nurlatsky, Kukmorsky, Buinsky and Menzelinsky areas.
The Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Tatarstan recalls that mineral fertilizers are the basis for obtaining high crop yields and replenishing the removal of mineral elements from the soil. Fertilizers not only increase productivity, but also improve its quality: the content of sugars, fats and proteins, as well as biologically active substances, increases.