Each farm "Agroterra" standardized size of about 6 hectares, and performs operations according to the developed process instructions. The documents describe the optimum for the production of beet seeds, fertilizers, sequence of activities, necessary equipment. The standards are updated after the tests and experiments, to 1000 each year by the Center for innovation and research "Agroterra" in the areas of company cultures. With the help of experiments and continuous improvements in the company learned how to get the yield of beets in 710 kg/ha (1.6 times more than the average in the country), and the sugar content is 20% (3% above the average in the country).

High quality beet provides maximum performance of the plants without increasing the time for processing. As noted by the Governor of Kursk region Alexander Mikhailov, the enterprises of the Kursk region made every tenth Russian kilo of sugar, so the production quality significantly depends on the state of the sugar industry of the country and it is essential to disseminate the best practices of crop production.

"Innovations increase efficiency, and standards allow us to spread best practice on all farms. For sugar factories, which we supply products, an important quality indicators, especially the sugar content. Our products always meet the expectations, including the fact that many of the forces we apply to the constant improvement of technology in our research and innovations," - said the Director of the Kursk territorial units "Agroterra" Vladimir Upland.

After visiting the fields "Agroterra" the participants went to the "Zolotukhinskiy sugar factory". The delegation looked at how equipped sites for the storage of beets and a special system of storage and treatment aimed at maintaining quality of products.

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"Agroterra" — one of Russia's leading plant breeding companies. Engaged in the cultivation, storage and sale of crops. Handles land in Kursk, Lipetsk, Tambov, Tula, Orel, Penza and Ryazan regions. Cultivated crops: wheat, soya, sugar beet, sunflower, rapeseed. Safety products provide 19 bases and silos with a total capacity of more than 500 thousand tons. The company is in the TOP 30 best employers of Russia is at this level, the only representative of the agriculture of the country.