Heavy rains prevented potato growers from going to the field on time. Even a week after the last precipitation, the soil is very waterlogged and there is standing water in places.
Farms in the region were forced to move their equipment onto damp soil. As a result, tractors slip and combines become clogged with soil. All this negatively affects productivity and delays harvesting, affecting the wear and tear of equipment and the quality of potatoes.
Working in such conditions entails additional difficulties during sorting and drying of tubers. During the storage period, agricultural producers will also have to spend extra money on organizing ventilation for their vegetable storage facilities.
Omsk farmers need to dig up all the potatoes before the beginning of October, when the first frosts are expected in the region.
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...