The Regional Ministry of Agriculture has summarized the preliminary results of the agricultural sector in 2019.
According to the results of work among the agricultural organizations producing potatoes, Baltic Seeds LLC was recognized as the best. The company is implementing an investment project for the cultivation of seed potatoes in the Slavsk city district. Over the four years of its activity, the company occupied approximately the seventh share of the Russian seed potato market, starting in 2019 also exporting products. For 9 months of the year, the gross harvest of potatoes exceeded 15,2 thousand tons with an average yield of 401 centners per hectare.
The highest rating of the Ministry of Agriculture among peasant farms producing potatoes was received by the peasant farm of Viktor Luchkov in the Guryev district. The gross harvest of potatoes amounted to more than 5,1 thousand tons with an average yield of 250 centners per hectare.
The best results among agricultural organizations producing vegetables in open ground were achieved by LLC Nash Krai in Bagrationovskiy district. The gross harvest of vegetables amounted to 2,69 thousand tons with an average yield of 323 centners per hectare.
The best producer of open ground vegetables among peasant farms was the peasant farm of Alexei Martemyanov in the Guryev district. Gross harvest of vegetables almost reached 2,3 thousand tons with an average yield of 270 centners per hectare.
Leadership in greenhouse vegetable growing is held by Orbita-Agro LLC in the Gvardeisky District. The farm has produced more than 3 thousand tons of greenhouse vegetables with an average yield of more than 50 kilograms per square meter. With the commissioning of the second stage of the greenhouse complex in 2019, the company increased the production of greenhouse vegetables almost 4 times compared to last year.
According to forecasts of the regional Ministry of Agriculture, the gross harvest of potatoes in farms of all categories is expected to be 130 thousand tons, vegetables - about 30 thousand tons. The potato harvest fully meets the needs of the domestic market, the self-sufficiency of vegetables - cabbage, carrots and beets - is 80%.
Source: https://gov39.ru/