Ensuring Potato Quality: Lessons from Russia’s Recent Quarantine Incident
In early March 2025, specialists from Russia's veterinary laboratory detected a quarantine disease in a shipment of potatoes imported from ...
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Potato imports from China: a sharp jump and its impact on the Russian market
Main factors for the sharp increase in suppliesIn 2024, potato supplies from China to Russia increased fivefold, reaching 46.7 thousand ...
Growing Potatoes Without Soil: A Breakthrough in Aeroponic Farming in Buryatia
The initiative focuses on two certified Russian potato varieties, “Meteor” and “Vostorg,” grown in-vitro under a collaborative agreement with the ...
Expanding Potato Imports: How Russia Plans to Meet Domestic Demand in 2024
As potato yields face a downward trend in Russia due to unfavorable weather and reduced planting areas, the country is ...
Russia Considers Increasing Potato Imports: Will This Stabilize Prices for 2024?
In response to declining potato harvests and skyrocketing prices, Russia's Ministry of Agriculture and Ministry of Economic Development are exploring ...
The Novgorod region has reduced the supply of potato seed material from abroad to one percent
According to the regional Ministry of Agriculture, 28.6 thousand tons of high-reproduction seed potatoes have been produced in the region ...
The volume of sales of fruits and vegetables in Russia will exceed two trillion rubles
According to experts, the consumption of vegetables this year will reach 107 kilograms per capita. This is only two kilograms ...
Russian agricultural machinery manufacturers have released 114 new models of machinery since the beginning of 2023
From January 2023 to the end of October 2024, domestic machine builders released 114 new models and modifications of agricultural ...
In case of potato shortage in Russia, supplies from friendly countries will be organized
According to preliminary forecasts of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation, over 7 million tons of potatoes and ...
Crimean farmers plan to harvest more than 70 thousand tons of potatoes
Today, harvesting of late potato varieties continues in the Republic of Crimea. The work is carried out by agricultural organizations, ...
Wholesale prices for potatoes in Georgia are below their cost price
One of the main agricultural crops, potatoes, continues to be harvested in Georgia. The Akhalkalaki municipality is the leader in ...
There may be a shortage of potatoes for processing in Russia
In Russia, there is talk of a future shortage of potatoes for the production of fries and chips. The reason ...
A batch of Chinese potatoes is to be destroyed in Primorye
According to the decision of the Primorsky Interregional Rosselkhoznadzor Administration, it is planned to destroy 28.4 tons of food potatoes ...
Russian fertilizer exports to India have fallen to a minimum since 2021
Supplies of Russian fertilizers to India have become minimal since December 2021. By the end of August 2024, compared with ...
The harvesting campaign is coming to an end in the Urals
Potato harvesting in the Ural Federal District has reached the finish line. The work remains to be carried out on ...
Another 17.5 billion rubles will be allocated to issue preferential loans to agricultural businesses in Russia
The authorities of the country are faced with the task of completely covering the needs of the domestic food market. ...
Potatoes of the Russian selection will be marked with a special marking
The high dependence of the Russian agricultural sector on foreign breeding still remains. Today, 98 percent of potato seed is ...
The export of Russian table potatoes has increased this season
The sign of 2024 was the increase in exports of Russian table potatoes. For example, according to the results of ...
Potato shortage is not expected in Russia
According to the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation, by the end of the first decade of October, 5.6 ...
Smolensk region develops trade relations with Belarus
In the first eight months of 2024, the region increased agricultural exports by 35 percent. The total foreign trade turnover ...
17 thousand tons of potatoes have been harvested in the Tomsk region
Vegetable growers in the region are close to completing harvesting operations. So, for today, local farmers have already dug up ...
Moldova is turning from a country exporting vegetables into an active importer of agricultural products
Several decades ago, Moldova was one of the leading regions in the supply of fresh vegetables to the population of ...
The Rosselkhoznadzor has established a quarantine zone on the territory of one of the districts of the Astrakhan region
Representatives of the department found brown rot of potatoes in the region – a dangerous bacterial disease that can lead ...
The increase in vegetable prices in Russia exceeded 30 percent over the year
In many Russian regions, food inflation has long passed the 10 percent mark. The list of food products, the prices ...
Potato harvesting in the Tomsk region is delayed due to rains
Heavy rainfall prevented residents of the region from harvesting potatoes according to the usual schedule. The soil does not have ...
