Potato harvesting is in full swing in the Rostov region. According to experts, the irreplaceable ingredient in the "borscht set" this year gives good hopes for the harvest. According to the regional Ministry of Agriculture, the crop has already been harvested on an area of 1,5 thousand hectares, ahead - another 4,5 thousand. Favorable forecasts for the collection of the second grain are also given in one of the farms of the Semikarakorsk region.
Nikolay Krinichny, chief agronomist of Istok-1 LLC: “We are collecting an early variety, planted in early April, called Colomba. We also had Riviera, but they already dug it up. The yield is now over 40 pours. The size is good, customers like it. Everything suits everyone. "