Seventh Webinar The Potato Union gathered more than 100 people.
At the beginning of the webinar, the executive director of the Potato Union Aleksey Krasilnikov shared information about the current situation on the potato market, outlined the intermediate results of the harvest (by October 26, potatoes were harvested from 257 thousand hectares, 5,8 million tons were dug up) and gave a forecast for the gross harvest of marketable potatoes ( expected to be about 6,5 million tons).
Alexey Vinnik, Sales and Technical Support Manager at EBM-PAPST RUS, spoke about energy-efficient technologies for the microclimate of vegetable storages, which make it possible to reduce the costs of storing products and ensure a high level of product safety.
Yuri Patsyuk, Executive Director of TurgorBel LLC, continued the topic of storage, he demonstrated and explained in detail how digital technologies of the XXI century and equipment of the V technological order are used for efficient storage and profit.
Yulia Efremeno, chief agronomist of OOO APK Lyubovskoe (Arkhangelsk region), spoke about the development of potato seed production in clean phytosanitary conditions in the northern region and the creation of a competitive fund of seed material of domestic varieties.
At the end of the meeting, Svetlana Khaidarova, General Director of Firma Petrovsky LLC (Arkhangelsk Region), turned to potato and vegetable producers with a proposal for cooperation: the Petrovsky retail chain is ready to purchase agricultural products on favorable terms for farmers.
Source: Potato Union Newsletter