On July 9, 2021, the Day of the Potato Field, dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the Slava Potato group of companies, was held in the Komsomolsk district of the Chuvash Republic.
The history of the agricultural firm "Glory to Potato" began in 2001, as they say, from scratch: from leased 35 hectares of land and equipment. Today "Slava Potato" has grown to a group of companies and unites four agricultural enterprises in three districts of the republic. The agricultural firms Slava Potato, Slava Potato - Kanash and Komsomolsk Vegetables grow ware potatoes and vegetables, and Slava Potato - Yalchiki specializes in the production of original and elite seed potatoes. The permanent head of the enterprise is Khasiyatulla Idiatullin.
According to the program of the seminar, potato growers went to inspect a modern laboratory of microclonal reproduction and a greenhouse, where, using the latest technologies, seed material is grown in test tubes.
We also examined the fields, where they got acquainted with the production of new varieties of seed potatoes, studied the technology of storing potatoes in storage.
Within the framework of the potato forum, new varieties of potatoes, herbicides, fertilizers were presented ... Each of the specialists who arrived that day found something really interesting and important for themselves.