Hogweed Sosnovsky occupied more than 1.8 thousand hectares of agricultural land

In the Kostroma region continues to spread hogweed Sosnovsky. A dangerous plant was identified on agricultural land with a total area of more than 1.8 thousand hectares.

For ten months of 2026, specialists of the regional management of the Rosselkhoznadzor conducted more than a thousand control measures on agricultural lands. One of the main problems was the lack of proper measures on the part of owners, tenants and other rights holders to protect the plots from overgrown trees, shrubs, weeds and hogweed, writes Kostroma tudei.

In total, inspectors found about 40 thousand hectares of overgrown agricultural land in the region. Of these, about 1.8 thousand hectares account for hogweed Sosnovsky.

According to the results of inspections, 377 violations of land legislation were established. The owners of the plots announced 236 warnings, issued 141 orders and initiated 113 administrative cases.