The farmers of the Vologda Oblast plan to harvest at least 56 thousand tons of potatoes and 7,6 thousand tons of vegetables and fully provide the population of the region with these crops. This was announced by the head of the department of agriculture and food resources of the Vologda region, Sergei Poromonov.
“The plan for harvesting potatoes this year is 56,5 thousand tons, and we predict that it will be fulfilled by 100%. It is also planned to collect at least 7,6 thousand tons of vegetables in open ground, this figure will be met, and we will provide the population with vegetables and potatoes in full, ”Poromonov said at an operational meeting with the regional governor.
At the moment, the head of the department said, 58% of the cultivated area for potatoes has been processed, 38 thousand tons have been harvested with an average yield of 233 centners per hectare. Last year, due to the cold and rainy summer, it was possible to collect less than 100 centners per hectare. In addition, a quarter of the sown area with vegetables was harvested - 55 hectares, 2,2 thousand tons were harvested.
At the same time, it is planned to receive 150 thousand tons of grain against the plan of 220 thousand tons, flax fiber - 2,5 thousand tons against the plan of 3,4 thousand tons, since this crop was sown by 600 hectares less. “The decrease in sown areas by 9,3 thousand hectares to 353 thousand hectares is due to the fact that the cold, damp summer of last year, waterlogging of the soils did not allow to prepare them in the fall for the upcoming sowing season, and it is impossible to complete the entire volume of work in the spring,” the head explained department.
At the same time, the enterprises continue to harvest fodder for the winter, 94% of the plan has been fulfilled - 287 thousand tons of grass fodder or more than 21 centners per head of cattle have been procured against the plan of 23 centners. Farms are already preparing for the next sowing campaign, seed preparation, sowing of winter grain crops, plowing is underway.
Source: https://tass.ru