Grains and legumes threshed from the area of 420 thousand hectares, gross yield amounted to more than 1.1 million tonnes, yield - 26,6 kg/ha.

According to the acting Governor Sergey Morozova, this year the oblast has a high rate as the rate of harvest and yield of grain and leguminous crops.

"Thanks to this timely begun and is progressing rapidly, the formation of a grain Fund. Currently, the food supply generated nearly 42%: 12.3 thousand tons of wheat and 3.9 tonnes of rye. Almost all the municipalities of the Ulyanovsk region will participate in the major event on food security. Of the 14 regions of the Volga Federal district, we ranked second in the percentage of harvested area, second only to Tatarstan. The average yield of the Ulyanovsk oblast is in fourth place. Such high rates would not have been possible without the loyalty of farmers to their work. The entire harvest they work tirelessly, ensuring food security of the Ulyanovsk region and the country as a whole", — said Sergey Morozov.

As reported the head of the region during a staff meeting the first Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of agriculture, forestry and natural resources of the Ulyanovsk region Alexander Chepurin, regions-leaders in crop yields today are Melekess (33.1 C/ha), Cherdaklinsky district (32.4 t/ha) and ul (30,4 kg/ha) areas.

According to the regional agricultural Department, the implementation plan of grain in regional Fund, which is formed on the basis of acreage preserved winter crops, the sowing area of spring wheat and the average yield, the leaders are Karsun (146% of plan), Main (113%) and Ulyanovsk (104%) areas.

According to the Director of OOO KFKH Vozrozhdenie Cherdaklinsky district Vadim Martynov, agricultural enterprise last week already finished harvesting of grain and leguminous crops.

"It should be noted that we have received substantial support from the regional budget, which allows the company to develop, people get paid and put to use almost all the land area. This year we harvested the record harvest - more than 21 thousand tons of grain. Of course, such a result we managed to achieve in the first place, thanks to the coordinated work of the team, and secondly, weather conditions. The rains were on time and dry days given to remove the good harvest", — shared his success Vadim Martynov.