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Mushroom production in Russia hit a record high in 2021

Russia
Published Jan 25, 2022

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It amounted to more than 100 thousand tons. Over the past few years, mushroom growing in Russia has grown from a niche field of activity into one of the most actively developing areas. According to the Ministry of Agriculture of Russia, in 2021, the production of mushrooms in the country increased by at least 16% and exceeded 100 thousand tons. Tamara Reshetnikova, General Director of the Technologies of Growth company, notes that this is a very good result, Russia has never had such a thing.

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It amounted to more than 100 thousand tons Over the past few years, mushroom growing in Russia has grown from a niche field of activity into one of the most actively developing areas. According to the Ministry of Agriculture of Russia, in 2021, the production of mushrooms in the country increased by at least 16% and exceeded 100 thousand tons. Tamara Reshetnikova, General Director of the Technologies of Growth company, notes that this is a very good result, there has never been such a thing in Russia. Mushroom production was increased due to the full capacity of several mushroom complexes, including Mushroom Rainbow in the Kursk Region, Agrogrib in the Tula Region, the Magnit enterprise in the Krasnodar Territory and Bogorodskie Vegetables in the Moscow Region. The last mushroom farm opened a year ago, the expert clarifies. Mushrooms are mainly produced in Russia: according to the calculations of Growth Technologies, they occupy about 93% of the market volume of cultivated ...
Source: Specagro
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