Although the snow has not yet melted on the sidelines of rural roads, there is already a thick green carpet in the fields. Winter wheat reaches for the hot sun to the delight of agronomists.
─ Winter was snowy, enough moisture. Warm weather allows winter wheat to develop, ─ notes Alexander Kovalev, chief agronomist of the Yarkovsky farm. ─ Preservation, I think, will be 90 percent. We feed with saltpeter and harrow to preserve moisture in the soil.
Equipment and land are fully ready for the sowing campaign. It will start earlier than usual. Potatoes are also prepared for planting. A serious bet is being made on this culture. In addition to the usual varieties, chips will be grown for the first time. In Novosibirsk, they are preparing to build a factory for the production of these snacks. The farmers have already signed an agreement with the processor and bought 120 tons of elite seeds.
Gleb Popovtsev, director of the Yarkovskoye agricultural holding, said that the economy doubled the potato area by introducing potato varieties into the line ─ up to 40 hectares.
Chips of potato chips look smoother, almost without eyes. It has less starch, so that when sliced into thin circles, they do not fall apart.
You need to harvest such potatoes at a temperature not lower than + 6 ° C. In the climatic conditions of Siberia, this means ─ in a very short time. Under this project, the farm plans to buy a high-performance self-propelled combine.
Increase the area under crops and for ordinary varieties. The market is rapidly changing due to coronavirus. After restricting food supplies from China, the demand for potatoes in the Far East has grown. In the Novosibirsk region, one of the major producers of this culture decided not to start the season and already sold the equipment. His niche in the vegetable store shelves now has to be filled with other suppliers.