The sown area in the Irkutsk region in 2022 will increase to 704,8 thousand hectares (9,1 thousand hectares more than last year). This was announced by the Minister of Agriculture of the region Ilya Sumarokov at a press conference on preparations for the sowing campaign, the press service of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Irkutsk Region reports.
- A working group has been created in the ministry, we are monitoring the current situation, the availability of seeds, equipment, we see the difficulties that farmers are currently facing. For example, the rise in the cost of agricultural machinery, difficulties with the supply of seeds of foreign selection - rapeseed and vegetables. We are looking for ways to solve them, possible alternatives. I want to note that we will carry out the sowing campaign in the optimal agro-technological terms, without disruption, - Ilya Sumarokov emphasized.
Particular attention in the region will be paid to the production of potatoes and open field vegetables. In agricultural organizations and peasant (farmer) farms (KFH) of the region, it is planned to increase the sown area for potatoes and open ground vegetables by 467 hectares and 284 hectares, respectively. Thus, 3,9 thousand hectares will be planted with potatoes in agricultural organizations and peasant farms, and 1,1 thousand hectares with open ground vegetables.
For vegetables and potatoes, the state sets a priority in matters of state support in order to motivate to increase production volumes. At the federal level, there are mechanisms in place to reimburse direct costs incurred for the construction of potato and vegetable stores. At the level of the Government of the Irkutsk Region, at the initiative of the regional Ministry of Agriculture, the issue of providing subsidies to farmers to compensate for part of the costs of purchasing agricultural machinery, trucks and special vehicles, technological equipment for potato and vegetable growing, including frameless hangar and tent structures for storing potatoes and vegetables, is being worked out.
In 2022, the farmers of the Irkutsk region plan to purchase 53,5 thousand tons of mineral fertilizers in physical weight. As of April 4, 41,8 thousand tons were purchased.
Anatoly Polnomochnov, head of the Rosselkhoztsentr branch in the Irkutsk region, Edvart Polyakovsky, deputy general director of agricultural JSC Belorechenskoye, and Vyacheslav Lizin, head of the peasant (farm) economy, also spoke about how the agrarians of the Angara region are preparing for spring field work.
Anatoly Polnomochnov said that the region is fully provided with seeds of grain crops and potatoes. The provision of seed potatoes for agricultural organizations and peasant farms is 129,3%: with a plan of 11,4 thousand tons, 14,7 thousand tons are laid.
According to Edvart Polyakovsky and Vyacheslav Lizin, despite a number of difficulties associated with the special economic situation, their enterprises are ready for the upcoming sowing campaign. Stocks of seeds and fertilizers have been formed, and within the framework of previously concluded agreements, supplies of agricultural machinery and equipment are underway. Farmers are sure that the sowing campaign this year will take place in the optimal agro-technological terms.