This year, the region's seed farms produced 318 thousand pieces of mini-potato tubers, which 1,2 times the level of 2018.
Potato seed production virus-free 4 seed farms are currently engaged in the region. These are the farms of Denis Pavlyuk and Anatoly Lipatov from the Novgorod region, Nikolay Kolesnikov from the Soletsky and Ivan Geletey from the Borovichi regions.
The leader in the production of potato mini-tubers this year was the farm of Denis Pavlyuk (68% of the total number of mini-tubers produced).
For the production of mini-tubers, seed farms this year received state support in the form of subsidies in the amount of 3,0 million rubles.
The production of seed potatoes, associated with the cultivation of the meristem, is a priority regional project, which is aimed at developing the primary seed production system and providing agricultural producers in the region with potato seeds of high reproduction. Now this level of security is 25%.
Source: https://apk.novreg.ru/