Harvest of Russian potatoes in the commodity sector exceeded 7 million tons

According to the Ministry of Agriculture, 7.2 million tons of potatoes were harvested in the commodity sector last year against 6.6 million tons in 2021, despite difficult weather conditions during harvesting in some regions, including Oryol, Belgorod, Lipetsk , Tula, Moscow, Ryazan and Samara regions. At some producers, part of the products went under the snow, Aleksey Krasilnikov, executive director of the Potato Union, told Agroinvestor. According to him, in the first half of 2022, the prices for potatoes and vegetables were high, so the industry enterprises were able to maintain profitability at a good level, expand the area under potatoes by 30,000 hectares and get a good harvest. “Let's hope that the trend to increase the area under potatoes in the commodity sector will continue in the future. At the same time, the agricultural micro-census conducted in August 2021 showed that potato production in households is declining, and quite significantly — from 1 million hectares in ...