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In the Klimovsky District of the Bryansk Region, potato planting began on April 10. This season, agricultural enterprises plan to plant tubers on 2,679 hectares, which is 333 hectares less than in 2025, according to Bryanskaya Uchitelskaya…
According to data from Krasnoyarskstat, the average resident of the Krasnoyarsk Region consumes approximately 62 kilograms of potatoes per year. This information was released in connection with the celebration of National Boiled Potato Day, observed on April…
The Sakhalin Region is actively developing domestic seed production as a strategically important direction for enhancing food and economic security. The work is being carried out under the national project "Technological Support for Food Security," initiated by…
Many gardeners believe the higher the soil ridge around potato plants, the better the yield. However, experts from Kazan Federal University and Rosselkhoztsentr warn that excessive hilling backfires. Small potatoes are often linked not to the variety…
The first stage of agroecological testing of domestic potato varieties has been completed in Kamchatka as part of an interdepartmental research program coordinated by Vitus Bering Kamchatka State University. According to Olga Khasbiullina, Director of the Kamchatka…
For many vegetable growers, ripening time is a key criterion when choosing potatoes for planting. Early varieties are especially popular among gardeners because they make it possible to harvest fresh potatoes in the middle of summer. 'Labella'…
Elite seed potatoes of the highest categories—elite and super-elite—are being exported from the Kaliningrad region to other parts of Russia. According to the regional Ministry of Agriculture, these special varieties, grown by the agricultural group "Atlantis," are…
In early April, Russian retailer Magnit sent its first batch of 400 tons of seed potatoes to farming enterprises in the Volgograd and Sverdlovsk regions under agrocontracting agreements. Later during the spring sowing campaign, Magnit will provide…
Farmers in Russia's Kaliningrad region have fully secured their supply of seed potatoes and vegetables and have begun the spring sowing campaign. According to the regional Ministry of Agriculture, local vegetable growers are using table varieties of…
On April 13, workers from Shanba Village in Dongyuan County harvested over 625 tons of original seed potatoes from seven varieties, including "Yuejing No. 1", "Yuehong No. 2", and "Atlantic". The seeds were grown on an experimental…
Stavropol Krai is not only a grain-producing region but also a potato-growing powerhouse. There are areas where potatoes grow just as well as in Belarus. The traditional centers of potato farming in the region are the stanitsas…
The Mogilev Regional Agricultural Experimental Station in Dashkovka, Belarus, is experiencing unprecedented demand for seed potatoes this season. After an unusually frosty winter that damaged seed stocks stored in poorly adapted clamps and buries, gardeners, farmers, and…
