More than half of the region's sown area has been planted with forage crops.

More than half of the region's sown area has been planted with forage crops.

      According to Kirovstat, the total sown area of agricultural crops in the Kirov Region for the 2025 harvest in farms of all categories decreased by 1.8% compared with 2024. In total, this spring 788 thousand hectares were sown in the region.

      The sown area of cereals and grain legumes this year decreased by 1.2% compared with last year and amounted to 304 thousand hectares. Barley and wheat predominate in the sowings of cereals and grain legumes: 37% and 29% respectively of the sown area of cereals and grain legumes. Rye accounts for 15% of the area of cereals and grain legumes, oats — 11%, and grain legumes — 7%.

      In the structure of sown areas of agricultural crops in farms of all categories in the Kirov Region, fodder crops occupy 57.7%. Cereals and grain legumes account for 38.6%, industrial crops 2.5%, and potatoes and vegetable-and-melon crops 1.2%.

      As noted by Kirovstat, a large share of the sowings of cereals and grain legumes, fodder and industrial crops is accounted for by agricultural organizations — 92%. Potatoes and vegetables in the Kirov Region are mainly grown by household farms — 86% of the total sown area of these crops this year.

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More than half of the region's sown area has been planted with forage crops.

Kirovstat reported on the results of the 2025 sowing campaign: the total sown area of agricultural crops in farms of all categories decreased by almost 2 percent.