Potato yield in the Moscow region of Russia is almost 49 centners per hectare more than last year

Farmers near Moscow continue to harvest potatoes. 63% of the plan has already been completed. “In the Moscow region, potatoes were harvested from an area of 8.7 thousand hectares, which is 2.9 thousand more than last year. The gross harvest amounted to 283 thousand tons - 124 tons more than in the same period last year,” said Georgy Filimonov, deputy chairman of the Moscow Region Government who supervises the Ministry of Agriculture and Food. He also added that the average yield also increased - they amounted to 325 centners per hectare, which is 49 centners per hectare more than in the previous year. In total, potatoes were planted on an area of ...