Currently, 32 farms in the region are harvesting potatoes and vegetables. In total, 1023 hectares of potatoes were harvested, the gross harvest was 25247 tons, the yield was 246,9 c / ha; vegetables harvested 155 hectares, gross harvest - 3276 tons, yield - 211 c / ha.
One of the largest enterprises in the region, specializing in the production of ware potatoes and outdoor vegetables (white cabbage, beetroot and carrots), is Mechta LLC. In the current year, the size of the cultivated area on the farm amounted to 678 hectares (which is 157 hectares more than in 2019): 290 hectares were allocated for potatoes; open ground vegetables - 88 hectares; coverless perennial grasses - 150 hectares, mustard - 150 hectares. As of September 29, 2020, the farm harvested: potatoes from an area of 230 hectares (79,3%), gross harvest - 8500 tons with a yield of 369,6 c / ha; open ground vegetables - from 29,5 hectares (10,6%), gross harvest - 874 tons with a yield of 296,3 c / ha.
In the harvesting campaign, the farm uses 3 potato harvesters, 2 carrot harvesters, 1 cabbage harvester, 1 potato digger, and also uses vehicles to transport potatoes and vegetables to storage sites. The enterprise has 5 potato and vegetable storages, the storage capacity of which is 8,4 thousand tons.
As part of state support in 2019-2020, Mechta LLC acquired a John Deere 6175M Tractor and a Grimme WR-200 potato digger.
According to Galina Pavlovna Lazutina, Director of Mechta LLC, the approximate deadlines for the completion of harvesting work: for potatoes - October 15, 2020, for vegetables - October 31, 2020.