Opanga zinthu zaulimi adatembenukira ku boma kuti athandizidwe chifukwa chosowa kusunga masamba, malipoti a Kommersant, akutchula pempho la mamembala a Potato Union ku Unduna wa Zaulimi ku Russian Federation. Malinga ndi bukuli, kuchepako kudayamba chifukwa cha kukolola mbatata zambiri. Kuphatikiza apo, kukwera kwamitengo ya zida zotumizidwa kunja kumabweretsa zovuta.
Malinga ndi zoneneratu za akatswiri, nyengo ino yokolola mbatata ikhala pafupifupi matani asanu ndi atatu, omwe ndi matani 800 kuposa mu 2022. Mabizinesi aulimi alibe malo okwanira pafupifupi matani 300-400 zikwi za mbatata. Zimadziwika kuti kusonkhanitsa kuchokera kumafamu ocheperako kumatha kukhala matani 12 miliyoni.