In the Amur Region, the raging floods destroyed over two hundred and fifty-five thousand hectares of agricultural crops.

Losses provoked not only the loss of an enormous yield, but also the risk that the local agricultural livestock of small and cattle could remain indefinitely without feed.

According to experts of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Amur Region, in order to fully supply local cattle breeders with feed, at least three hundred twenty thousand tons of roughage will be required. In addition, hundreds of thousands of tons of silage and an approximately equal amount of concentrated feed cannot be dispensed with.

It is noteworthy that in the Amur open spaces at the beginning of the year about twenty thousand hectares of agricultural land were allocated, on which various types of perennial grass crops were sown.

As for fields with perennials, their area index this year was one hundred and ninety-one thousand hectares. For the purpose of subsequent harvesting of silage in the region, six thousand two hundred hectares were sown with corn. Here are just torrential rains, spilled rivers and the resulting floods violated the plans of fodder procurers.

In order to solve the problem of feed shortages, the Amur authorities plan to seek help from feed manufacturers in other regions of the Russian Federation.