The Nizhny Novgorod enterprises of the AFG National agricultural holding are completing harvesting work. This year the gross harvest of ware potatoes exceeded 41 thousand tons, seed - 14 thousand tons. The average yield of ware potatoes at AFG National sites was 450 c / ha, which is twice the average yield in the region.
- In the first half of the season there were difficult weather conditions that affected crop yields. However, in our case, the losses were minimal and predictable.
AFG National declared the current year the year of quality, therefore, a low percentage of potato rejection is of paramount importance to us, - said the head of the Vegetables division Valery Maslanov. The carrot harvesting work is now being completed. Of the 250 hectares of areas used for growing root crops, 234 hectares have been harvested.
According to the forecast, the gross harvest of carrots will be about 20 thousand tons. - Carrots, unlike potatoes, are less susceptible to cold weather, because the summer cold hardly affected the yield. Now we had to suspend the harvesting campaign because of the rains. As soon as the weather allows to re-enter the field, the remaining area will be removed within two or three days, - Valery Maslanov explained.
Also, the harvesting of crop rotation legumes, such as barley, oats and peas, has been completed. The harvest of barley amounted to 3,6 thousand tons, oats - 760 tons, peas - 437 tons. Recall that AFG National has been growing potatoes and vegetables in the open field in the Nizhny Novgorod region since 2015. During this time, the holding has invested more than 3 billion rubles in the development of vegetable growing in the region.
The funds were used to increase the land bank, increase production volumes, build modern vegetable stores with a total capacity of more than 40 thousand tons, organize irrigation for 3,1 thousand hectares, upgrade agricultural machinery and equipment for washing and packaging products. AFG National Group of Companies produces 18% of table potatoes and more than 90% of table carrots of the total production of these crops in the region.
The products are sold in washed packaged form in federal and regional retail chains under the Natural Selection and Vegetable League trademarks. The total land bank of the agricultural holding in the Nizhny Novgorod region is 10,6 thousand hectares. Investors plan to further expand the area for planting potatoes and vegetables in the region and increase production volumes up to 200 thousand tons per year.
Source: http://www.advis.ru