Spring crops sowing in Bashkortostan will be completed on May 20

Spring crops are sowed on the half of the lands, allocated for that, in Bashkortostan and the rest of the areas will be sowed in the nearest seven-eight days.

“We have to complete the sowing of early spring crops before May 20. The deadline is May 25” – the Vice-Premier of the Government RB, the Minister of agriculture RB Ernst Isaev said.

“Now the time is quite optimal for sowing” – the head of the Bashkir Hydrometeorology and Environment Monitoring Agency Uri Ferapontov said – “The productive moisture is normal, after May 16 the temperature will rise and the amount of atmospheric precipitates will go down. In a whole the average temperature in May is expected slightly higher than usually”.