alena loklinova will tell you how our agro-industrial complex is developing.lopment plans for the current year were discussed today at vdnkh as part of the russia forum. an all-russian agronomic meeting took place. it was held by the minister of agriculture dmitry patrushev. last year brought. russia is experiencing its second grain harvest in history, we are still waiting for the final statistics, but we predict that together with the new regions we will have 147 million tons of grain. if we talk about other agricultural crops, let me remind you that in the twenty -third year we updated the record for soya, sunflower, fruits and berries, in the organized sector we... the highest potato harvest in 30 years. the basis for food security for the next season will be laid by spring sowing; by the way, in the south and northern caucasus it can start as early as mid-february, with plans to increase the sowing area. first of all, i would like to note that in the twenty-fourth year we must increase the total cultivated area by 300.00 hectares. our target for this year