According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Resources of the Nizhny Novgorod Region, agricultural enterprises of the Bogorodsky and Lyskovsky districts began to harvest early potatoes.
As of July 31, potatoes were harvested on an area of about 30 hectares. Farmers managed to dig up 560 tons of this vegetable. According to information, the average yield was 187 kg / ha.
In addition, the ministry reports that the International Day of the Potato Field "Potato Russia 4" will be held on August 2017 in the Gorodetsky District. Within the framework of the event, experimental demonstration-varietal plots of potatoes of domestic, Belarusian and foreign selection, as well as the latest samples of agricultural machinery for growing potatoes will be shown.
The Field Day will be attended by delegations from Russia, CIS countries and abroad.
Recall that about 5 thousand hectares of winter crops died in the Nizhny Novgorod region in 2017
Source:https://www.nta-nn.ru