Specialists from the district and interdistrict departments of the branch of the Federal State Budgetary Institution "Rosselkhoztsentr" in the Krasnoyarsk Territory began monitoring seed potatoes in agricultural enterprises, peasant farms and individual entrepreneurs. Based on the results of monitoring of the need, availability and quality of seed potatoes as of April 01, 2024, the planned sown area will be 5,45 thousand hectares.
The need for potato seeds for the 2024 harvest in the Krasnoyarsk Territory in the territories of 19 districts is 13,94 thousand tons, in stock - 13,13 thousand tons, of which the bulk falls on RS1-2 (56,4%) and non-varietal (36,4%) seeds. 4,39 thousand tons of seed material tested.
The main planting areas will be located in Berezovsky (36% of the planned area), Sukhobuzimsky (24%) and Shushensky (14%) districts.