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more) of fruits and berries, 204,700 tonnes (1.7% more) of grapes,
954.2 tonnes (15.5% less) of green tea leaves, 153,600 tonnes (5.2%
less) of sugar beet, 199,100 tonnes (8.3% more) of cotton, 28,500
tonnes (10.9% more) of sunflower and 3,700 tonnes (35.2% less)
tobacco was collected.

By the end of October, 3117 units of greenhouses with a total area of
1600 hectares were operating in Azerbaijan. Compared to the same
period last year, the production of tomatoes, which are the main crops
grown in greenhouses, increased by 14% to 318,200 tonnes, and the
production of cucumbers increased by 37.9% to 25,000 tonnes.

Appropriate work is being done on farms for the harvest of 2023. Plows
were raised on 941,800 hectares of land for the autumn crops of the
current year. For the next year's harvest, 344,900 hectares of autumn
fields for grain were sown. Of this, 190,700 hectares are wheat,
154,100 hectares are barley and 100 hectares are rye.

The production of live weight meat, including poultry, increased by 2.9%
to 470,800 tonnes, milk production increased by 1.6% to 1.8mn tonnes,
egg production increased by 6.7% to 1.6bn units, wool production
decreased by 2.2% to 15,600 tonnes.

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