date:Nov 28, 2013
l over European Russia postponed harvesting, and in some provinces even made machine harvesting impossible (i.e. harvesters could not move in the fields). While the potato harvest is typically over by the end of September, this year it has continued through to mid-October. As of October 28th, 2013, agricultural enterprises harvested 3.4 MMT of potato from 178,600 hectares (which is 93 percent of planted area). This is 17 percent lower than potato production in agricultural enterprises in 2012 (4