According to the Central Statistical Office of the Republic, the gross harvest of grain crops in the past season was 16,3% less than in 2022. Due to weather conditions, their yield was the lowest in the last five years - 34,1 c/ha.
At the same time, the potato harvest reached 258,1 thousand tons, which is 4,6% higher than the 2022 level. This result was achieved with a sharp decrease in the crop planting area from 30,1 thousand hectares in 2010 to 14 thousand hectares in 2023. The average yield increased to 184 centners/ha, which is a record for the period after 2020, when 208 centners of tubers were harvested per hectare.
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...