Pomorska Mazurska Hodowla Ziemniaka

Słupsk once arose as a Slavic settlement around a castle along the Słupia River. Today, the town has about 100,000 inhabitants. Just outside Słupsk, is the state-owned company, Pomorska Mazurska Farm; a client of Agrifac. The Director, Szczepan Malinowski, welcomes us. 

Pomorska Mazurska consists of four companies in the province of Pomerania. The company that we visit covers 1,700 ha, on which partly seed potatoes are grown for reproduction and breeding for both the domestic and international market. In addition to the farmland, there are greenhouses and laboratories. The company has several specialists who continuously work on improved technology for growing potatoes. The development of a new variety takes about 10 years. According to the director, the new varieties are characterized by volume and a high content of starch. 

The Polish love potatoes. On average, they eat more than 84 kilos of fresh potatoes per year, the highest consumption in Europe. This consumption is however declining, as in many other European countries. Therefore, Poland makes a shift from consumption to the processing of the potato starch in all kinds of products. Most potato varieties available in Poland come from Pomorska Mazurska. Malinowski is proud of the close cooperation with universities, the Potato Research Institute in Bonin and of course with the farmers concerned. Although we see a clear focus on potatoes, on a large part of her fields Pomorska Mazurska also produces oilseed rape, cereals and beans. 

When exploring why the company chose an Agrifac Condor ClearancePlus for their crop protection, Malinowski is clear: “2m ground clearance is crucial to prevent damage to the rapeseed plants. Because of the flexibility in both width and height, this machine is ideal on every field and for each crop.” Eugeniusz Szul, the driver of the sprayer gives his view from an operators’ perspective too: “To me it feels as if I’ve landed in heaven!” The combination of comfort, the large number of hectares that he can work in a day and the easy operation process are the perfect combination for him; he proudly states with a big smile.