In the Omsk region from day to day can be entered mode CHS from-for failure of the planting.

According to the regional authorities, the progress of the sowing campaign in the region was affected by adverse weather conditions, the situation is similar in the Tomsk and Novosibirsk regions, Altai Krai.

With regard to the introduction of state of emergency in the Omsk region, the Minister of agriculture and food of the region Maxim Chegusova, this issue will be resolved in the near future.

"Today we reached 50% of the acreage and the work is going. Again, call the farmers, I go to the areas, I see that somewhere already dust in the fields is, in Cherlak and in Isilkul, lubinsky — still can not pick up on the field. We have farmers who still, 20% did not sow. This is a concern, and just the introduction of the emergency associated with dangerous phenomenon of the excessive waterlogging of soils will enable us still them a certain way to support, to avoid excessive fines in the Federation. We already gave them 700 million in green box subsidies — to carry out the sowing campaign", — quotes the Minister "channel 12".

He said that some livestock farms are Moskalenskaya area generally declined from sowing wheat and will sow forage crops:

"The more grass you sow barley, to the money then get on with milk, and not with the implementation of wheat. But do not relax yet. I think that until June 15, we can certain culture has to sow."

As reported earlier by IA REGNUM, according to estimates by the regional authorities, the critical situation with the sowing campaign in the region was not only due to weather conditions. Was also influenced by rising fuel prices. As reported by the local media, the acting Governor of the Omsk region Alexander Burkov called current prices "wild" and said that the regional government will be forced in near future to contact the Chairman of the government of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev "on urgent measures to curb fuel prices".

As for the weather conditions, may in the Omsk region and other regions of Siberia were unusually cold. Several times it was snowing. And now excess moisture does not give warnings out in the field.

We will remind, in 2017 in the Omsk region in all categories of farms produced nearly 3.5 million tons of grain; 741,1 thousand tons of potatoes; 272,1 thousand tons of vegetables; 187,4 thousand tons of oilseeds.