At the same time, the harvest of fruit and berry crops increased by 17.5%, rice by 17%, vegetables by 11.3%, melons by 7.1%, and corn for grain by 5.1%.
However, the gross harvest of crops such as wheat, barley, sugar beet, tobacco, cotton, oilseeds, legumes, and potatoes also showed a decline: wheat by 26.8%, barley by 26.5%, sugar beet 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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