Agrosila starts sowing winter crops on an area of 52,000 hectares
Last season, Agrosila sowed 46,722 ha of winter wheat and 1,633 ha of winter rye. In the current year, the holding is increasing the sowing area of both crops. Winter wheat is planned to be sown on 48,104 hectares, winter rye - on 3982 hectares.
The holding's specialists completed all the necessary preparatory work. The soil for sowing has been cultivated, equipment has been prepared. Seed material in agricultural firms is available. On August 15, the sowing of winter rye begins; on August 20, the sowing of winter wheat starts.
In total, this year Agrosila allocated 4.2 billion rubles for sowing, which is 500 million rubles more than last year. Shipment of seeds from the Seed Plant, which this year works only for the needs of the holding, will amount to 31,010 tons. For sale within the holding, 9026 tons of barley, 5663 tons of spring wheat, 11785 tons of winter wheat, 1031 tons of peas, 92 tons of rapeseed, 300 tons of mustard, 41 tons of alfalfa are used. Another 3071 tons were included in the insurance fund for reseeding.
Each batch of seeds from the Seed Plant is certified by the Rosselkhoztsentr, and then it arrives for sowing directly to the fields of Agrosila agricultural firms. Thus, the enterprise closes the “plant-field” format, avoiding intermediaries, reducing logistics costs and maintaining high quality.
Recall that now Agrosila is also harvesting grain crops on an area of almost 123 thousand hectares. The work is proceeding according to the schedule, the cleaning is planned to be completed in early September. More than 250 vehicles and 177 combine harvesters are involved in the harvest.