As of March 3, 2014, Russian agrarians planted spring grains throughout the areas of 14.7 thsd ha, declared Denis Paspekov, Deputy Director of the Department of plant-growing, chemicalization and plant protection of the Ministry of Agriculture of Russia.
Agrarians primarily started works in the Southern, Central and North-Caucasian Federal Districts. The provision of agrarians with seeds is quite high at the level of 97%, said the Deputy Director.