Volga Baikal AGRO NEWS Update on the Plant Protection Agents Application !!!
A share of Russian plant protection products has increased from 45% up to 70% for five years.
By the end of 2021, two-thirds of the plant protection products used in Russia were of domestic production. From 2016 to 2021, a share of the Russian plant protection products in the market increased from 45% up to 70%. Since the beginning of the year, the positive dynamics of their output has also been maintained, and farmers will be provided with the plant protection products in full, the Ministry of Agriculture said. At the same time, the advantage of the Russian plant protection products lies in a certain set of characteristics that take into account the climatic and geographical features of the country’s regions.
According to the agricultural department, for seasonal field work in 2022, the provision of the plant protection products is about 207 thousand tons — at the level of the average long-term values. According to the Ministry of Agriculture, this will allow processing more than 100 million hectares of crops in terms of single processing. At the same time, the frequency of treatments and the need for drugs will be determined in accordance with the conditions in each region.