According to the operational data of the regional Ministry of Agriculture, by October 27, 8 thousand hectares of potatoes were dug in the region, which is 99% of the plan. Gross harvest with an average yield of 162 kg / ha amounted to 129,5 thousand tons, reports official website of the Ministry of Agriculture of Russia.
Despite the difficult weather conditions, the agricultural enterprises of the region continue to harvest open ground vegetables, which has also entered the final stage. Vegetable products were harvested from an area of 12,5 thousand hectares (82% of the plan). 241 thousand tons of vegetables were harvested with an average yield of 192 kg/ha.
“This year, in order to avoid a repetition of the spring situation, when there was an unreasonably rush demand for sugar, we increased the sown area under sugar beets to 8,5 thousand hectares, 8,1 thousand hectares were allocated for potatoes this year, for vegetable crops 15,2 thousand hectares, gourds - 5,4 thousand hectares," recalled the Deputy Chairman of the Government of the region - the Minister of Agriculture of the region Roman Kovalsky.