Many agricultural enterprises of the Don, growing potatoes and vegetables, begin to harvest. It will soon become clear how successful the sowing of spring 2020 was. But in one of the farms of the Proletarsky district, they are just beginning to lay the harvest. More about this in the plot text. “News. Don".
The cycle of potatoes in nature can be tracked by the work of suppliers of raw materials for the chip factory. An illustrative example is Energia LLC of the Proletarsky District. It's July, and here the shipment of tubers from last year's harvest is in full swing. It is economically advantageous to move the delivery time as far as possible. The more time has passed after harvest, the more expensive the potatoes are.
“By the same token, there are very big risks. I moved a month - you, figuratively speaking, earned 1,5 rubles, but you can lose millions. Because if the warehouse is one flow - this is a lot of money, ”says Aleksey Dendeberya, agronomist and vegetable grower of Energia LLC.
Although there are risks, they are precisely calculated. Storage conditions here are ideal. The potato lies for 8-9 months, and at the same time retains freshness, as if yesterday from the garden.
“It all comes from refrigerators. Because now you just can't cope with ventilation. The weather conditions in May or June are already hot, up to 30 degrees. And keeping potatoes at 8 degrees is all hard. So far, we are coping with this, ”says Aleksey Dendeberya, agronomist and vegetable grower of Energia LLC.
Ten thousand tons grown on the fields of this farm are sent for processing in a short time. Trucks are loaded one after another. Each truck fits 20 tons. At least a dozen cars are sent to the plant per day.
The requirements of the Azov chips factory where this potato goes are getting tougher every year. So, from this year a condition appeared that the amount of dirt or adhering earth on potatoes should not exceed 2-3 percent. In addition to the sorting line, I had to put a washing one. Now the plant receives exclusively pure potatoes.
The crop grown on the Energia farm is the last raw material of 19. Once the plant has processed it, the first young potatoes from other suppliers will arrive. The earliest is grown in the Kuban under the covering material. This ensures a continuous cycle. Meanwhile, while the last tons of last year's tubers are being shipped, a new harvest is being laid in parallel. Proven variety BP-808, 50 thousand seeds per hectare. Prepared soil, fully mechanized planting.
“It is desirable to have time for everything. But the weather makes its own adjustments. We specifically try to start early and finish later. As much as possible, ”says assistant agronomist Mikhail Slavgorodsky.
Landing dates are considered late. The farm is doing this on purpose - it will be sown later, it will be removed later, which means it will be put into storage later and there will be more chances that the potatoes will last safe and sound until next summer.