Agrarians of the Poltava region are preparing for the start of the sowing campaign. The start of the active phase of work is scheduled for April. At present, winter crops are being fed.

This was told by the head of the Poltava Regional Military Administration Dmitry Lunin, the press service of the department reports.

“Poltava region will sow the fields! We are preparing for the start of the sowing campaign at full speed. No restrictions on the movement of equipment, personnel, seeds and fertilizers; fuel supply; booking from the call of machine operators and other workers involved in the sowing campaign; no seizures of agricultural machinery involved in the work - farmers can count on all this, - said Dmitry Lunin. - The number one task is to sow all the fields of the Poltava region, and we have 1.4 million hectares. There are seeds, fertilizers too. We plan to start work in April.

Now winter crops are being fed in the fields. 250 thousand hectares are sown with winter wheat. She is in fair and good condition.

“Now our farmers are another army, because the food security of the state rests on their shoulders. The authorities will do everything to ensure that the sowing campaign takes place on the maximum scale. The government introduces a plan to support the sowing campaign. The state will compensate interest on loans to cover expenses, - said Dmitry Lunin. - In the Poltava region, to coordinate the sowing campaign, we are creating a special headquarters under the regional military administration, which will be headed by my deputy Yevgeny Grekov. Each agrarian, each farmer will be supported by the regional authorities.”

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