By August 14, the gross harvest of potatoes in all territories of the region amounted to 33 thousand tons with an average yield of 407 c / ha, which is 13% higher than in 2020. Harvesting is going on at an active pace in the Ipatovsky, Krasnogvardeisky, Budennovsky districts. In total, it is planned to harvest about 140 thousand tons of tubers along the edge.
At the same time, the collection of potatoes in the Kirov district has just begun. High-tech cultivation of crops in the district is carried out on an area of 614 hectares. To date, 168,6 tons have been harvested on a total area of about 10 hectares.
The district's potato growers intend to provide the residents of the Stavropol Territory with products. Later potatoes will also partially go on sale and will go for winter storage.
- The fulcrum for the farmers of the region is subsidizing vegetable growing. Last year, state support for vegetable growers amounted to 200 million rubles of subsidies, this year - 175 million rubles. Vegetable growers of the Kirov city district received more than 3 million rubles of state support. On average, the state compensated 10-15% of the total costs of vegetable production, - said the Deputy Minister of Agriculture of the Stavropol Territory Sergey Izmalkov.