In the fields of the Moscow region, they began to actively harvest potatoes. This was announced by the Minister of Agriculture and Food of the Moscow Region Andrei Razin.
“Now an active season of harvesting potatoes has started in agricultural organizations and farms of the region. The first 8,2 thousand tons were collected from an area of about 440 hectares, ”Andrei Razin said.
In total, this year, potatoes were planted in the Moscow region on an area of 13,6 thousand hectares, which is 197 hectares more than in 2019.
“The leader in the collection of potatoes is the Dmitrov city district. The main areas of potato production are also located in the Kolomna urban district, Ozyory, Lukhovitsy and Stupino, ”said Andrei Razin.
The main agricultural enterprises of the Moscow Region for growing potatoes are DGT, Agrofirma Bunyatino, Ozyory, Kulikovo, Severka, Gorodishche, Agrofirma Sosnovka, Yemelyanovka, Bunyatino, Dedinovo and others ...
“According to the forecast of the gross harvest, in 2020 we plan to harvest more than 380 thousand tons of potatoes. The harvesting of potatoes will end somewhere in the middle of autumn, ”stressed Andrei Razin.
The minister added that agrarians near Moscow hope for an increase in the harvest of vegetables and potatoes compared to last year.