Agro-industrial complex workers managed to maintain the volume of potatoes and increase the indicators for greenhouse vegetables. This was made possible by timely agrotechnical measures carried out by agricultural producers and peasant farms and favorable weather conditions. official website of the Governor and the Government of the Sakhalin Region.
So, for example, the gross harvest of potatoes in JSC "Sovkhoz Yuzhno-Sakhalinskiy" and JSC "Sovkhoz "Teplichny"" amounted to more than 18,5 thousand tons. This is 5,5% higher than last year. Peasant farms (peasant farms) harvested 93 tons of potatoes - at the level of last year. The volume of gross production of greenhouse vegetables in JSC "Sovkhoz "Teplichny" for 9 months amounted to more than 6,4 thousand tons, which also exceeds the figures for the previous year for the same period.
It is possible to increase the volume of production thanks to large-scale and unprecedented support from the regional government. Plant breeders are reimbursed part of the costs for the purchase of elite potato seeds and grass seeds of fodder crops, increasing soil fertility on agricultural land, technical and technological modernization, as well as the application of mineral and organic fertilizers.
This year, the regional government has taken a number of necessary decisions to support the regional agricultural industry. For example, rates for the purchase and delivery of mineral fertilizers have increased from 30 to 50 percent. In general, in 2022, a record amount of support was allocated to support the agro-industrial complex - 3,9 billion rubles.
The entire list of support measures for agricultural producers is also maintained in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk. In 2022, the budget of the city district provides financial support for agricultural producers in the amount of more than 21 million rubles. In particular, over 8 million rubles are provided in the city budget for reimbursement of part of the costs of measures to increase the fertility of lands occupied by potatoes, vegetables and fodder lands and plant protection measures. Support measures for agricultural producers are provided for by the municipal program for the development of agriculture and the regulation of agricultural products, raw materials and food markets until 2025. This year, two enterprises and eight peasant farms received a subsidy for improving land fertility and plant protection.
Recall that the number of agricultural enterprises in the Sakhalin region over the past three years has increased by 70 and today there are already 429, and more than 200 peasant farms operate in the region. There are 6 agricultural enterprises and 24 peasant farms in the territories that are part of the municipality "City of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk", of which 9 specialize in growing potatoes and vegetables, 10 are engaged in animal husbandry, 2 produce honey, 3 are engaged in crop production and animal husbandry.