Ukrainian potato cultivation professionalises CULTIVATION AND TECHNOLOGY The wages at Mriya are 7 euros a day, which means according to Nammensma that the investing in one modern packaging machine could never be profitable. and three one-row lifters. Mriya hopes to complete the construction of a starch factory this year. In the first year, the company wants to process 30 tons of potatoes per hour into starch, next year 45 tons per hour and in 2014 the factory must operate at its maximum capacity and process 90 tons of potatoes per hour into starch. Autumn ridges At Mriya, the cultivation of potatoes already starts in the autumn, when Nammensma begins to prepare the potato ridges with 8-row ridgers. The advantage is that the soil of the ridges dries out quicker in the spring, which means that planting can be started earlier. This is done with 4 - and 8 -row planting machines. After planting, first the upcoming weeds are destroyed with Roundup, before emergence Sencor is applied and, after emergence, a combination of Sencor and Titus is sprayed. This can only be done with varieties that are not sensitive to Sencor. Potato World 2012 • number 4 19 Pagina 18
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