At the same time, there is an increase in the gross harvest of fruit and berry crops by 17.5%, rice by 17%, vegetables by 11.3%, melons by 7.1%, and corn by 5.1%.
However, the harvest of such crops as wheat, barley, sugar beets, tobacco, cotton, oilseeds, legumes, and potatoes showed a decline: wheat - by 26.8%, barley - by 26.5%, sugar beets - by 43.7%, tobacco - by 44.2%, cotton - by 49.2%, oilseeds - by 11.7%, legumes - by 3.6%, and potatoes - by 1.7%.
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