September 23 2008, 09:03

Russia: paces of potato harvesting campaign to be high in Chuvashiya despite weather

As it was reported on September 22, 2008, by Michael Ignatiyev, the head of the Ministry of agriculture of Chuvashiya, harvesting of potatoes is characterized by high pace – 600 ha of potatoes areas are harvested daily, press-cutting service of the President of the Republic informed to IA REGNUM .

According to the President of Chuvashuya, agrarians handle the tasks rather well. At the same time some farms work unsatisfactorily. “The weather conditions are not the reasons, but inability to organize the work. It is unacceptable to blame the rains. Therefore, the phrase “because of the bad weather ” is not recommended for using”, Fedorov emphasized.

According to data of the Ministry of agriculture as of September 19, 4.200 ha of potatoes areas were harvested in the agrarian organizations and big farms (34.3 % to the plan), 88.000 tonnes of potatoes were lifted (up 1.4 times compared to the same date of the previous year), the yield totaled 208.5 c/ha (183 c/ha in 2007). Harvesting of sugar-beet, vegetables, hop, purchases of fodder are in progress.

The agrarians of Chuvashuya plan to finish the harvesting of potatoes to October 1.