Lazarevsky farmers race to plant crops after delayed spring start
Farmers in Lazarevsky District have begun their spring planting, though this year’s work started later than usual. A prolonged and unpredictable spring delayed the season’s kick-off. Despite the setback, fields are now being sown with crops across the region’s 23,316 hectares of planned farmland.
The first to finish were the teams at Vector LLC, who completed early grain planting ahead of others. They sown 54 hectares of barley and 99 hectares of oats, marking an early milestone in the season. Poletnoye LLC soon followed, wrapping up its own oat planting across 200 hectares.
Potatoes will take up a significant portion of this year’s crops, with 1,285 hectares dedicated to them. On Roman Rudolfovich Maksyutin’s farm, 65 of the planned 90 hectares have already been planted. The farm is using mulching techniques to speed up germination and improve yields. For livestock feed, 217 hectares have been set aside for first-cycle annual grasses. The bulk of the sowing, however, falls to collective farms, which manage 16,571 hectares of the total area. Private farmers, meanwhile, will work 5,728 hectares of land.
The delayed start has not stopped progress, as fields across Lazarevsky District are now filling with crops. Potatoes, grains, and fodder grasses will cover thousands of hectares by the season’s end. With collective farms handling most of the workload, the district aims to meet its planting targets despite the late beginning.
