In the regional Ministry of agriculture to ensure that livestock farms need at least 320 thousand tons of roughage. You also need about 100 tons of silage and about the same amount of concentrated feed.

In the Amur region for hay and haylage allocated more than 19 thousand hectares of farmland, which seeded annual grasses and 190 thousand hectares of meadows, where grow perennials. In order to prepare silage, planted in the spring of 6.2 thousand hectares of maize.

However, due to rain most of this grass is not mowed.

If, prior to the formation of cold weather, the situation does not change, local authorities will apply to other regions for the purchase of feed.