Agricultural producers of the Lipetsk region for the first nine months of this year invested in new equipment by 19% more than in the same period last year, reports official website of the Government of the Lipetsk region. In total, farms of various forms of ownership purchased 669 units of new equipment for 4,6 billion rubles. This is 38 units more than in 2021.
According to the regional department of agriculture, since the beginning of the year, farmers have purchased 84 tractors, 77 grain harvesters, four beet harvesters and one forage harvester, as well as 503 units of other automotive and agricultural equipment. Including with the help of various programs of the Rosgarolizing company, which was created in order to develop and modernize the domestic agro-industrial complex, agricultural producers of the Lipetsk region already at the beginning of November purchased various agricultural equipment by 48% more than in the whole of 2021. The amount of preferential loans under concluded agreements, compared to last year, increased by 84%.
“The agro-industrial complex of the region is well developed and continues to master new technologies, modernize production, and renew the fleet of equipment. We try to provide our farmers with all the necessary support,” emphasizes the Governor of the Lipetsk region, Igor Artamonov.