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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…
While many regions grapple with volatility, the Melelenkovsky district in Russia's Vladimir region is consolidating its position as a potato production leader. Driven by a new generation of farmers, strategic state support, and significant private investment, the…
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…
Farmers in the Black Sea region are facing a classic agricultural paradox: agronomic success leading to financial distress. A combination of high yields and concentrated production has resulted in a potato surplus so significant that prices in…
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…
For Valéry Beucher, an organic grower in France's Mayenne region, the equation is simple. "Without irrigation, potato production has no future in Mayenne," he states, after watching the adjacent 4,000 m³ pond drop by 30 centimeters during…
The 2025 growing season has been a testament to climatic extremes, with many regions across the country facing either debilitating drought or waterlogging rains. In such conditions, widespread crop failure in home gardens and commercial fields alike…
The Latvian government's declaration of a nationwide agricultural state of emergency until November 4, 2025, underscores the severity of this year's growing season. Driven by persistently wet weather, the situation has created a perfect storm of agronomic…
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…
According to Minister of Agriculture and Food Yuri Gorlov, Belarus is anticipating a significant agricultural recovery, with a potato harvest projected to reach 1 million tons—a 30% increase over 2024 levels. This rebound follows spring frosts that damaged early crops…
interview recorded during the “Potato Tour of Russia” (Orenburg Oblast, Ursky District). https://youtu.be/JL5GK5Mc9io?si=O92mwYU2XqFRET9F In the floodplains of the Kumak and Ural rivers, potato farming is always about managing water risk. In 2023, heavy rains ruined harvest; in…
International Potato Tour visit to Gorno-Mariysky District. Conversation with farm head Andrey Babushkin https://youtu.be/LuWZvCeUxmg?si=ngum18iW9i1puxAp The Babushkin farm’s arc runs from the first 7 ha in the early 1990s to hundreds of irrigated hectares, its own storage infrastructure,…
