Ua huli nā mea hana o nā huahana mahiʻai i ka mokuʻāina no ke kōkua ma muli o ka nele o ka hiki ke mālama i nā mea kanu, hōʻike ʻo Kommersant, e haʻi ana i ka hoʻopiʻi ʻana mai nā lālā o ka Potato Union i ka Ministry of Agriculture o ka Russian Federation. Wahi a ka mea hoʻolaha, ua ulu mai ka hemahema ma muli o ka nui o ka ʻohi ʻuala i manaʻo ʻia. Eia kekahi, ʻo ka piʻi ʻana o nā kumukūʻai no nā lako i lawe ʻia mai e hana i nā pilikia.
Wahi a nā wānana a ka poʻe loiloi, ʻo kēia manawa ka ʻohi ʻuala ma kahi o ʻewalu miliona tons, ʻo ia hoʻi he 800 tausani tons ma mua o 2022. ʻAʻole lawa ka nui o nā ʻoihana mahiʻai ma kahi o 300-400 tausani mau ʻuala. Ua ʻike ʻia ʻo ka hōʻiliʻili ʻana mai nā mahiʻai ʻoihana hiki ke piʻi i kahi 12 miliona mau tona.