The harvesting campaign is underway in Kuzbass. 25 large enterprises in the region grow potatoes and vegetables at a high technological level. As of September 24, 6 thousand hectares of potatoes (74%) were harvested in the region, 12 thousand tons were harvested. The average yield is 200 c / ha, which is 14 c / ha more than last year. About half of the gross harvest is provided by the SEC "Beregovoy" of the Kemerovo Municipal District, it was on its basis that the agro-conference "Results of testing potato varieties grown using intensive cultivation technology" was held
It was attended by specialists from the Ministry of Agriculture and Processing Industry of Kuzbass, deputy heads and heads of agriculture departments of municipal administrations, as well as heads of leading farms, heads of peasant farms, representatives of science and control institutions.
Marina Grishkova, head of the branch of the Federal State Budgetary Institution "State Sort Commission" in the Kemerovo Region, spoke at the conference on "Technology of cultivation of potato varieties". Sergei Bezvolenko, representative of the "Syngenta" company in the Siberian Federal District, told the participants and guests of the conference about the integrated system of potato protection.
Scientists, representatives of small and large businesses discussed important issues related to the selection of varieties and technologies to increase yields and proper storage of the resulting potatoes.