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Krasnoyarsk Krai, Berezovsky District What’s inside. The International Potato Tour continues. Our guest is farmer Anton Chebotnikov. We discuss how to build a stable farm without chasing acreage: prioritize quality, track unit costs, catch the harvest window…
Kostroma Region. The next stop of the International Potato Tour is at the “Mechta” farm led by Galina Pavlovna Lazutina. The enterprise’s story shows how a family team, cooperation, and smart specialization can keep an operation stable…
International Potato Tour visit to Lipetsk Oblast. One of the stops: Aurora’s multi-site storage hub https://youtu.be/2m1uWQe1D4U?si=H001_VvJFgC6u1sQ Aurora is building a high-throughput, container-first storage system designed around uniform ventilation and rapid shipping for processors. What’s on the ground…
interview recorded during the “Potato Tour of Russia.” https://youtu.be/c2k9uq8SnKE?si=nQkiYhGLbtJz4nFJ The Klimovsk potato project began in 1998—in a historically “potato” zone where Klimovo once hosted one of the country’s largest starch plants. In the 2000s, margins on the…
interview recorded during the “Potato Tour of Russia” (Orenburg Oblast, Ursky District). https://youtu.be/JL5GK5Mc9io?si=O92mwYU2XqFRET9F In the floodplains of the Kumak and Ural rivers, potato farming is always about managing water risk. In 2023, heavy rains ruined harvest; in…
International Potato Tour visit to Gorno-Mariysky District. Conversation with farm head Andrey Babushkin https://youtu.be/LuWZvCeUxmg?si=ngum18iW9i1puxAp The Babushkin farm’s arc runs from the first 7 ha in the early 1990s to hundreds of irrigated hectares, its own storage infrastructure,…
Decades — step by step. The story of “Samarskie Ovoschi” began at a turning point in history: as kolkhozes and sovkhozes were collapsing, a builder named Vladimir and a few like-minded colleagues decided to try farming. Most…
interview recorded during the “Potato Tour of Russia” at the Vesna greenhouse complex (Samarskie Ovoschi Group, Samara Oblast). https://youtu.be/N1HqXgttV3A?si=G2KxmsjqpIhdJa73 In Samara Oblast, the Samarskie Ovoschi Group has built a nearly fully mechanized pipeline for producing mini-tubers from…
International Potato Tour (Международный картофельный тур) visit to Slava Kartofelya. Conversation with Khasiat Sibulovich and Ramil Khasiatovich https://youtu.be/_gOK3N6W2Q4?si=yq18NtM2fRmlCxPV Slava Kartofelya is 24 years of steady growth built on simple, disciplined things: crop rotation, 100% irrigation for potatoes…
Key takeaway: Over 30 years, Gözde Ziraî (Türkiye) has grown from a small family farm into a professional seed-potato player, focusing on processing varieties and “green” solutions that require less water and fertilizer. Guest: Metin Sut, Marketing…
The "Bulbian Giant" competition, held as part of the "Bulba-Fest" in the Voronovo region of Belarus, has once again highlighted the incredible potential of the common potato (Solanum tuberosum). The winning entry, from the agricultural enterprise "Elite-Agro…
At a glance: 3,000 ha farmed (≈1,500 ha under irrigation); 12,000 t total storage (including a new 3,600-t container store); a young team of 53; a focus on modern machinery and training; preparing for the brand’s 30th…
