There was determined a profitability of early crop potato production for Aster and Drop cultivars cultivated with the traditional method and under agrotextile cover. The method of incomplete calculations was used. The production profitability was calculated as the ratio of production value to costs. The production costs were 51% to 73% higher for the agrotextile-cover cultivation, which increased the production profitability in the cold-spring year. The profitability index ranged from 312% to 581%. In the warmer spring years the agrotextile-cover production profitability was lower, as compared to traditional cultivation. The cultivation of Aster was more profitable.

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