At a meeting in the administration of the Kuzbass government, the readiness of agrarians for spring field work was discussed.
“There are programs to support agricultural producers in Kuzbass. This year alone, farmers will receive subsidies from the federal and regional budgets in the amount of 118,9 million rubles for seasonal field work. Thanks to this, farmers will be able to compensate for part of their own costs, ”said the Governor of Kuzbass Sergei Tsivilev.
Deputy Chairman of the Government of Kuzbass for the agro-industrial complex Alexei Kharitonov noted that in 2021 the sown area in Kuzbass will increase by 27 thousand hectares compared to last year and will amount to 899,7 thousand hectares.
“For the last three years we have been able to increase the amount of harvested grain. If in 2018 the agrarians harvested 996,4 thousand tons, then in 2020 - more than 1,2 million tons. In case of favorable weather conditions this year we are planning to increase it again. We will start work after April 20. Sowings of grains, legumes and oilseeds will also be increased. The plan for the upcoming sowing campaign was formed as a result of field meetings with agricultural producers, ”said Aleksey Kharitonov.
As a result, grain and leguminous crops will occupy 601,4 thousand hectares, oilseeds - 108,9 thousand hectares, fodder crops - 180,5 thousand hectares, potatoes - 8 thousand hectares, open field vegetables - 930 hectares.
For spring sowing, 121,8 thousand tons of seeds are required, almost the entire stock has already been harvested. At the same time, the share of varietal seeds has increased from 78% in 2020 to 82,5% in 2021. Now the substandard batches are being cleaned, by the beginning of spring sowing the seeds will be brought up to the requirements of GOST.
Also, 18,4 thousand tons of mineral fertilizers were procured, which is almost four times more than last year's level. According to preliminary calculations, the volume of purchases of mineral fertilizers this year will increase by 2020% compared to the level of 18 and will amount to 58 thousand tons. The agrarians plan to purchase 45,5 thousand tons of them under the program of interest-free installments of KAO Azot. Let us remind that the program operates thanks to the agreement of the Governor of Kuzbass Sergey Tsivilev with the management of the enterprise. Farmers in the region can pay for mineral fertilizers purchased at the beginning of the year in installments until December.
Work is underway to renew the fleet of agricultural machinery. Over the past three years, 127 units have been added to the tractor fleet, while the share of domestically produced machines has increased in purchases. This year, 19 tractors and 21 units of seeding and tillage equipment have already been purchased. In total, during the sowing campaign, more than 7,3 thousand units of equipment will work in the fields of Kuzbass.