According to Kirovstat data, in 2023, local agricultural producers significantly increased the scale of sales of livestock and crop products.
Thus, farmers in the region increased the volume of potato shipments by 40,2% – up to 7,1 thousand tons. In December alone, when 1 thousand tons of tubers went from producers' warehouses to consumers, the increase was 81,9%.
During the same time, 586,1 tons of Kirov vegetables were sold wholesale, which is 54,1% higher than in 2022. In the first winter month, farms shipped 96,9 tons of this type of product, or 1,9% more than a year earlier.
More than 60 percent of potatoes were planted in the fields of Stavropol
In the region, potato planting was completed on an area of over 3,5 thousand hectares. This volume is 61% of the planned volume. According to the regional Minister of Agriculture Sergei...