In 2023, on potato plantings in the region, the most common weeds found were bedstraw, upturned acorn grass, field bindweed, field sow thistle, pigweed, chickweed, creeping wheatgrass, bindweed, euphorbia vine and various types of millet.
Recommendations from specialists from the regional branch of the Federal State Budgetary Institution "Rosselkhoztsentr" on combating harmful objects in potato fields were aimed at prevention, agrotechnical measures, chemical and systematic observations.
The department noted that agricultural producers in the region use the most modern methods of getting rid of weeds. It is practiced to grow crops in crop rotation with alternative life cycles, for example, winter cereals. And one of the popular innovative methods is biological. It involves the use of insects, fungi or bacteria that negatively affect weeds.
In the Urals, sowing campaign was stopped due to snowfalls
A sharp cold snap and snowfalls in the Sverdlovsk region caused the suspension of the sowing campaign. Although local farmers are already out in the field...