In 1999, the gross grain yield wis aboot 446,000 tons, sugar beets – 664,000 tons, sunflouer seeds – 27,700 tons, potatoes – 343,600 tons. The region an aw produced 108,700 tons o meat, 517,800 tons o milk an 295,300,000 eggs. At the beginnin o 1999, there wur 781 registered ferms in the oblast'.