Samara region entered the TOP-5 for the collection of potatoes in the PFD in 2026

Agricultural organizations of the Volga Federal District have significantly increased potato production this year.

According to official data of Rosselkhozbank, from January to September 2026, farmers of the region shipped 306.6 thousand tons of their own products, which exceeds the figures of the same period in 2025 by almost 20 percent.

Samara region confidently took the fourth place in the ranking of leading producers of this culture.

The leader of the rating was the Nizhny Novgorod region with an impressive volume of 153.6 thousand tons of harvested crop. Next are the Republic of Tatarstan with 39 thousand tons and the Penza region, which collected 20.7 thousand tons of root crops.

Close the top five Samara region with a result of 18.9 thousand tons and Ulyanovsk region with an indicator of 17.3 thousand tons.

Active shipments of products contributed to a stable increase in purchase prices in the domestic market in the period from February to June.

In addition, experts recorded a three-fold increase in export supplies from the Volga region. The main foreign buyers were agricultural enterprises of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.

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