Russia: Nut crop harvesting has begun in Crimea

In total, this year it is planned to harvest walnuts, almonds and hazelnuts from 446 hectares. This was announced by the Minister of Agriculture of the Republic of Crimea Andrey Savchuk. “The area to be harvested this year is slightly larger than last year. Let me remind you that in 2022, about 1000 tons of nut crops were harvested in the gardens of agricultural producers: walnuts, hazelnuts and almonds. Now they have started to collect almonds. In one of the gardens of the SPOK "Crimea Garden" in the Chernomorsky region, Milas, Dessertny, Nikitsky and Primorsky are mechanically and manually collected from 11 hectares. In total, approximately 140 hectares of almonds will be harvested from the gardens of the agricultural cooperative this year. Young trees grow on 250 hectares, which will begin to bear fruit in a few years. In addition to almonds, hazelnuts, peaches, plums, cherries and apple trees are grown in SPOK. We also support horticultural enterprises that work in this ...