Harson farmers finish harvesting vegetables and potatoes.
More than 46 thousand tons of vegetables, melons and potatoes were harvested in the Harson region, the Ministry of Agriculture, Food Policy and Regional Fisheries reported.
Of the total volume, 40 thousand tons are from open ground vegetables and 6.5 thousand tons from potatoes. The leader in terms of picking was the onion, of which 11.7 thousand tons were harvested. Then tomatoes, as well as carrots, cabbage, beets, cucumbers, garlic, pumpkin and zucchini.
The works in the fields began in July and are now almost finished. The expected gross yield for all crops is 65.3 thousand tons. In addition to harvesting, the region closed the issue of state support: this year 52 million rubles were allocated for subsidies to producers of potatoes and open ground vegetables.