Tatarstan President inspects potato harvesting campaign in Arsk region

On September 17, during his working trip to Arsk region (Tatarstan), Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov inspected a potato harvesting campaign in the fields of the Kyrlay farm.

Rustam Minnikhanov talked to heads of the regional rural settlements and farms. Then, Tatarstan President was informed about the development of land reclamation in the region's fields and shown samples of crops grown at the local farms.

After that, Rustam Minnikhanov was demonstrated vegetable harvesting equipment. In particular, he saw a new self-propelled potato harvester Dewulf (Belgium) in operation.

According to Almaz Sabirov, a vegetable agronomist of the Kyrlay farm, the Dewulf is the most advanced potato harvester that replaces five conventional combines or 40 people in the field. When operating the harvester on wet soils, its rate is as high as 1 hectares per hour, while on dry soils its productivity increases up to 2-3 hectares per hour.

Currently, the potato crop occupies an area of 600 hectares, next year it is planned to extend the area to 1,000 hectares and buy some more Dewulf harvesters. The Kyrlay farm has an average potato yield of more than 400 centners per hectare that was achieved due to the land reclamation.

During his working visit to Arsk region, Tatarstan President also looked around a vegetable warehouse in Novyi Kyrlay village.