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At a glance: 3,000 ha farmed (≈1,500 ha under irrigation); 12,000 t total storage (including a new 3,600-t container store); a young team of 53; a focus on modern machinery and training; preparing for the brand’s 30th…
A “Potato Tour across Russia” visit to the Republic of Tatarstan, to the project’s general partner — Avgust https://youtu.be/h9Wm05duvlA?si=B9g7WW-rCz9sYZWS Avgust guided us through its complex in the Alabuga Special Economic Zone (SEZ). On a single site the…
In a striking demonstration of focused expansion, the Minsk Vegetable Factory has dedicated 100 hectares to potato production this season—a tenfold increase from the previous year. This significant scaling-up is a strategic move to meet demand, with the operation…
The Russian potato market is experiencing a period of extreme volatility that threatens the stability of its domestic industry. According to data from the Russian Potato Union, the country's export volumes have plummeted to just 21.9 thousand tons between…
As the harvest season progresses across the Northern Hemisphere, a critical question for bulk buyers, processors, and agricultural planners is when to secure their winter potato supply. Recent expert commentary from Ukraine, a major European potato producer,…
Highlights: 20+ years in potatoes, irrigation restored, in-house agri-lab (PCR/ELISA, clonal micropropagation, bioproducts), focus on domestic varieties and seed production, stable sales to national retail. https://youtu.be/-VS1RkgGQo0?si=TT8mMnRX_6jIMEXx From Poultry Complex to a “Potato School” Tsirulev’s farm grew atop…
Russian potato breeding has made a qualitative leap in recent years, but the toughest challenge isn’t creating varieties—it’s getting them to market at home and abroad. In a conversation with Vladimir Molyanov, head of the Molyanov Agro…
A “Potato Tour across Russia” visit to Moscow Oblast. Conversation with Valentin Kozlov https://youtu.be/eWGJjwwFbTM Valmix is a rare example on the Russian market of a pure seed operation that has been built methodically for over a decade…
Hello everyone! My name is Viktor Kovalev, I’m the founder of PotatoNews and the organizer of the Potato Tour across Russia. On February 5, we kicked off a large expedition to the country’s potato farms. We’re filming…
The recent unveiling of a new national branding style by the National Tourism Agency has turned heads, not with grandiose architecture or historical figures, but with a symbol deeply familiar to every farmer: the potato flower. This…
Produced as part of the Potato Tour across Russia by Potatoes News. From fields to a full-cycle enterpriseDmitrovskie Ovoschi began in 1992 as a small open-field vegetable farm in the Dmitrov district near Moscow. Founder Sergey Filippov…
In a stark reminder of the rigid protocols governing agricultural trade, Russian phytosanitary authorities (Rosselkhoznadzor) blocked the import of a 22-tonne shipment of potatoes from Belarus at the "Krasny Kamen" border crossing in the Bryansk region on September 23.…
