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From the “Potato Tour across Russia.” A technology talk: skipping the rotary tiller on chernozems, forming ridges in autumn, using moisture probes, and speeding up harvest https://youtu.be/rptL_OvUIDI?si=FTAUoaxbEtfFK_EK The farm deliberately moved away from the “European” rotary-tiller +…
Prepared as part of the International Potato Tour (IPT). In Yevgenyevka we met Viktor Ryambov, head of the farm enterprise “Sergey.” His story is about the “school of the field”: from early shifts on potato harvests to…
Kyrlay Agrofirm: 1,200 ha of potatoes, a unified base, irrigation, and ‘smart’ logistics. How Marat Karimov is consolidating infrastructure, refreshing the seed program — and why the farm stepped away from rapeseed — in our Potato Tour…
interview recorded during the “Potato Tour of Russia” at the Maxim Gorky Plus plant. Spokesperson — executive director Alexandra Ponomarenko. https://youtu.be/WDH1UgZiu_8?si=SB4pd-JhB5GGHGWy Key points Raw material quality is everything. The plant deliberately rejects part of incoming potatoes: “processing…
Prepared as part of the International Potato Tour (IPT). On day two of the Kazakhstan leg of the Potato Enthusiast project, together with Alexander Matvienko, Executive Director of the Union of Potato and Vegetable Growers of Kazakhstan,…
interview recorded during the “Potato Tour of Russia” (Moscow Oblast, Mozhaysk District). https://youtu.be/cli3olEbbd4?si=C8R4Eyhu76yGLW6B This stop isn’t a giant with thousands of hectares—it’s a family farm where potatoes have been a way of life for 33 years. From…
https://youtu.be/TKfcVIOkbZM The International Potato Tour (Международный картофельный тур) continues its deep dive into potato processing across Russia. This time we’re in Bryansk Oblast, in the town of Mglin. Here, a starch plant founded in 1932 survived shutdown…
We launched the Kazakhstan stage of the Potato Enthusiast project together with Alexander Matvienko, Executive Director of the Union of Potato and Vegetable Growers of Kazakhstan. This visit is part of the International Potato Tour (Международный картофельный…
Krasnoyarsk Krai, Berezovsky District What’s inside. The International Potato Tour continues. Our guest is farmer Anton Chebotnikov. We discuss how to build a stable farm without chasing acreage: prioritize quality, track unit costs, catch the harvest window…
Kostroma Region. The next stop of the International Potato Tour is at the “Mechta” farm led by Galina Pavlovna Lazutina. The enterprise’s story shows how a family team, cooperation, and smart specialization can keep an operation stable…
International Potato Tour visit to Lipetsk Oblast. One of the stops: Aurora’s multi-site storage hub https://youtu.be/2m1uWQe1D4U?si=H001_VvJFgC6u1sQ Aurora is building a high-throughput, container-first storage system designed around uniform ventilation and rapid shipping for processors. What’s on the ground…
interview recorded during the “Potato Tour of Russia.” https://youtu.be/c2k9uq8SnKE?si=nQkiYhGLbtJz4nFJ The Klimovsk potato project began in 1998—in a historically “potato” zone where Klimovo once hosted one of the country’s largest starch plants. In the 2000s, margins on the…
