Potato harvesting in the region has been completed on 99% of the area occupied by the crop. By November 21, Novgorod farmers had dug up 144,5 thousand tons of products.
The gross harvest of vegetables grown in open ground reached 74,8 thousand tons on the same date.
The regional Ministry of Agriculture notes that the best indicators were recorded in the Borovichi, Novgorod and Parfinsky municipal districts. Local agricultural producers have achieved maximum yields for both potatoes and vegetables.
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...