In Ukraine, in the Mykolaiv region, PAEK Company currently has begun planting a second round of potatoes. According to the owner of the agricultural holding, Yuriy Kormyshkin, if the results of the summer harvest are any indication, which is 30 tons per hectare, the farm should collect several thousand tons of potatoes this autumn. This was reported by the company's press service.
As with last year, the company's agronomists plan to harvest two crops of vegetables. This year, the company has allocated around 2,000 hectares of land for vegetable farming.
In open fields, they are growing potatoes, onions, cabbage, zucchini, beets, carrots, bell peppers, cucumbers, tomatoes, watermelons, melons, pumpkins, and more. For the first time in 2024, the company's farms have started cultivating vegetables in protected ground. They are using 10 nursery film greenhouses to grow two rotations of cucumbers and tomatoes.
A third of the vegetables are planned for export, with the rest being sold domestically under the registered trademark "Smakota".
Source: agrotimes.ua