Key themes: Volga-sourced irrigation and its evolution, a shift from a massive vegetable economy to a diversified model with dairy, workforce realities, and climate shifts seen by a hands-on practitioner. https://youtu.be/aHwKL_VZgf0?si=k1OFtxjXf3qeXiye From flood meadows to center pivots…
In Baturino (Tomsk district), farmer Denis Kolpakov runs a mixed enterprise with a ~1,300 ha land bank and 270 ha of potatoes (target 300 ha). Sales split between regional retail chains (Tomsk) and processing: Kolpakov supplies the…
In an exclusive interview with Ilya Vladimirovich Molyanov, we learned not only about the company’s operations, but also received a clear and engaging explanation of the fundamentals of potato breeding and seed production. https://youtu.be/-Xz5HRPT1WI?si=uZxkXu4owZHQxByD The big picture…
In Krasnoyarsk Krai, Dary Malinovki is building a full-stack potato program: in-house micropropagation, PCR diagnostics, and fieldwork aimed at stable quality and competitive cost. Founder Vasily German and team are pushing Siberian-bred varieties (purple, pink, and processing…
From the “Potato Tour across Russia.” A technology talk: skipping the rotary tiller on chernozems, forming ridges in autumn, using moisture probes, and speeding up harvest https://youtu.be/rptL_OvUIDI?si=FTAUoaxbEtfFK_EK The farm deliberately moved away from the “European” rotary-tiller +…
Prepared as part of the International Potato Tour (IPT). In Yevgenyevka we met Viktor Ryambov, head of the farm enterprise “Sergey.” His story is about the “school of the field”: from early shifts on potato harvests to…
Kyrlay Agrofirm: 1,200 ha of potatoes, a unified base, irrigation, and ‘smart’ logistics. How Marat Karimov is consolidating infrastructure, refreshing the seed program — and why the farm stepped away from rapeseed — in our Potato Tour…
interview recorded during the “Potato Tour of Russia” at the Maxim Gorky Plus plant. Spokesperson — executive director Alexandra Ponomarenko. https://youtu.be/WDH1UgZiu_8?si=SB4pd-JhB5GGHGWy Key points Raw material quality is everything. The plant deliberately rejects part of incoming potatoes: “processing…
Prepared as part of the International Potato Tour (IPT). On day two of the Kazakhstan leg of the Potato Enthusiast project, together with Alexander Matvienko, Executive Director of the Union of Potato and Vegetable Growers of Kazakhstan,…
interview recorded during the “Potato Tour of Russia” (Moscow Oblast, Mozhaysk District). https://youtu.be/cli3olEbbd4?si=C8R4Eyhu76yGLW6B This stop isn’t a giant with thousands of hectares—it’s a family farm where potatoes have been a way of life for 33 years. From…
https://youtu.be/TKfcVIOkbZM The International Potato Tour (Международный картофельный тур) continues its deep dive into potato processing across Russia. This time we’re in Bryansk Oblast, in the town of Mglin. Here, a starch plant founded in 1932 survived shutdown…
We launched the Kazakhstan stage of the Potato Enthusiast project together with Alexander Matvienko, Executive Director of the Union of Potato and Vegetable Growers of Kazakhstan. This visit is part of the International Potato Tour (Международный картофельный…