OREANDA-NEWS. April 01, 2011. At the end of March 2011 Razgulay Group will start its sowing campaign. This year we plan to allocate to the crop of about 340 thousand hectares of arable land: 100 hectares for sowing of winter and spring wheat, more than 47 hectares for sugar beet, more than 16 hectares for rice. Oilseeds will occupy more than 80 thousand hectares, including soybeans - 25 thousand hectares, sunflower - 21 thousand hectares, flax - more than 23 thousand hectares. In addition, in the fields of farms agricultural holdings will be seeded barley, corn, millet, oats, and various kinds of annual and perennial grasses, reported the press-centre of Razgulay Group.

According to current weather forecasts, sowing is planned in terms specific to these regions: in the Southern region at the end of March, in the Belgorod region at the beginning of April, in Central Black Earth region at mid-April and at late April in the Republic of Bashkortostan.

"Seasonable, technological and qualitative sowing campaign makes an important foundation for a good harvest, and further sustainable development of the company", - said Viktor Sukhinov, CEO of Razgulay.

Traditionally, the most known distributors of crops’ seeds such as LLC "Rusagroprodukt", LLC "Niva Chernozemya", JSC "Krasnoyaruzhskaya Zernovaya Companya" and LLC "RosAgroTreyd" became Razgulay Group’s suppliers. Sugar beet seeds were purchased from leading foreign manufacturers: "Betaseed Inc." (U.S.), "KWS" (Germany), "SESVanderHave" (Belgium), "Florimond" (France), "Strube" (Germany).

To the beginning of sowing campaign Razgulay Group bought new agricultural machinery and spare parts from such famous brands as "John Deere" (U.S.), "New Holland" (U.S.), "Lemken" (Germany), "Amazone" (Germany), "Gaspardo"(Italy) and others. The needs of agricultural enterprises of the Group in nitrogen, mineral and complex fertilizers were fully met.