On the 1st of December 2017, the delegation of SS NULES of Ukraine “Berezhany Agrotechnical Institute” visited one of the enterprises in Poland, where the students can have their practical studies.
The group of producers “Polish berries” is located in Lublin Voivodeship, Biłgoraj County the village of Olchowiec , which is 40 km from Ukrainian border and 230 km from Berezhany.
In the area of 200 hectares of land, they annually grow 900 t of blueberry and 120 t of strawberry. 85% of the products are exported. The main consumers are England and Asian countries.
The first step of their production technology in cutting bushes, which lasts from December till March. On the 8-10th of March the first spaying is conducted followed on by another 6-7 sprayings until the harvesting period in order to control pests, bacteria, pollination etc.
Over 180 hives of bees and 350 boxes of bumblebees are used in order to pollinate the area
Thetechnologyalsoincludesfogsystems, whichareusedduring light frost in the period of blooming, and haleprotection systems, used in spring and summer.
All the area is covered with a drip system. 10% of the total area is under cover
Machinery and mechanisms of such companies as «Сase» and «Class» are widely used in the production process, namely they are tractors, small scale garden machinery, harvesters, sprayers, cutting machines etc.
At the sorting station 60 t of production is processed every day. 200 t of ready made products can be stored there as well.
The representatives of the enterprise talked about theoretical studies, working conditions, room and board for students. Students have all the opportunities for passing their practical studies in the discipline “Technology of Crop Production”.
The meeting resulted in signing the agreement of cooperation between the establishments.