The grain harvest in the Southern Urals exceeded one and a half million tons

Farms of the Chelyabinsk region by September 21 threshed million 523.5 thousand tons of grain. Grain harvested from 787.3 thousand hectares is 77% of the planned area.

The average yield in the region is now 19.4 centners per hectare. Most grain was harvested in the Kizil district - 228.9 thousand tons. Next are Bredinsky, Verkhneuralsky, Agapovsky and Chesmensky districts.

In terms of yield, the Etkul district leads with a result of 24.8 centners per hectare. In Verkhneuralsky received 24 centners, in Krasnoarmeysky and Chesmensky - 23.7 each.

The closest to the completion of cleaning Varna district, where 98% of the area was threshed. In Kizil, the figure reached 91%.

In parallel, farmers are engaged in oilseeds. Already received 100 thousand tons of oil seeds against 56 thousand tons on the same date last year. Potatoes are harvested on 37% of the area, vegetables - 35%.

Fodder harvesting continues. Hay is stored 84.3 thousand tons, hay - 172.7 thousand, silage - 162 thousand tons. According to the last indicator, the plan was exceeded by 19%, follows from the operational summary of field work.