OREANDA-NEWS. April 16, 2008. Agricultural enterprises of “Siberian Agrarian Holding” group (SAHO) started spring sowing campaign. Spring crops will be sown on more than 100 000 ha of sowing area of the holding in Novosibirsk, Tula, Ulyanovsk and Rostov regions.

Rostov agricultural enterprises incorporated into SAHO started sowing of spring crops on the 26th March and by the beginning of April more than a half of planned sowing areas were sown with barley. In the agricultural season of 2008 sunflower sowing and test planting of beans and lentils on experimental fields will be carried out. Subsidiary agricultural holdings of SAHO in Tula and Ulyanovsk regions are fertilizing winter crops at the moment. “SAHO-Agro-Tula” is going to sow 20 000 ha with grain crops. Production plan of agricultural holding “SAHO-Agro-Ulyanovsk” is sowing of 18 000 ha of grain crops.

Siberian enterprises of the holding prepare to begin sowing: Ordynsk farms are already fertilizing winter crops. In comparison to the previous year farmers of SAHO in Novosibirsk region will have more work because in comparison to the previous year the holding gained new big areas for spring sowing in Siberia and now they total to 60 000 ha.

Today all agricultural enterprises incorporated into SAHO in 4 federal districts are fully equipped with modern highly productive machinery purchased in the framework of the holding`s large-scale programme of technical reequipment. The farms are provided with fuel and lubricants, mineral fertilizers, plant protecting agents produced by “SAHO-Himprom” and high-quality seeds.