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 region's Minister of Agriculture Sergei Izmalkov, in total more than 2024 thousand hectares will be allocated for crops in 5,8.
Governor Vladimir Vladimirov set a task for local farmers to increase potato production. For its implementation, subsidies are allocated under the federal project “Development of vegetable and potato growing industries” and the state program of the Stavropol Territory “Development of Agriculture”.
Leading potato producers are located in Predgorny, Ipatovsky, Krasnogvardeysky and Kirov municipal districts. The varieties planted here are mainly Colomba, Desiree, Nevsky, Vega, Red Scarlett, Picasso and Carmen.
Potato seedlings in Kuban suffered from sub-zero temperatures
Night frosts were recorded in several southern regions of Russia, including the Krasnodar Territory. Potatoes in Kuban have just begun to sprout...