Saratov farmers collected 1.5 million. tons of sunflower

Harvesting of industrial crops is being completed in the Saratov region. By October 24, 95% of the soybean area and 76% of the sunflower area had been threshed.

Harvesting of the main oilseed crop is proceeding at an accelerated pace: by October 24, 1 million 524 thousand tons of sunflower were threshed in the region, while on the same date last year three times less was harvested - 452 thousand tons. In terms of gross harvest of oilseeds, the Saratov region is the leader in the Volga Federal District.

According to the Deputy Chairman of the Regional Government - Minister of Agriculture Roman Kovalsky, subject to favorable weather conditions, it is planned to complete the sunflower harvest in the first ten days of November.