Next year, the demand for potatoes may increase.

The Ministry of Agriculture does not expect "distortions" in potato prices, with the harvest in the organized sector exceeding the 2024 figure by approximately 300 thousand tons by the end of the year, said the head of the department Oksana Lut, speaking in the State Duma, reports TASS. "We do not expect situations with distorted prices, the harvest should be good, sufficient," she noted. The Potato Union agrees with the Ministry of Agriculture's position on potato prices and the increase in its harvest compared to 2024. "The gross harvest in the commodity sector is indeed expected to be higher than last year's level," commented the executive director of the union, Alexey Krasilnikov, to "Agroinvestor." "In 2024, according to official data, agricultural enterprises harvested 7.4 million tons of potatoes, in 2025, according to our forecasts, the harvest will be about 8 million tons, and we do not exclude that the figure may be slightly higher." This is not due to an increase in ...