The development of vegetable growing is one of the priorities of the Ministry of Agriculture of Russia. The production of greenhouse vegetables has increased by 4.5% since the beginning of the year compared to the same period in 2021. 579 thousand tons of cucumbers, tomatoes and green crops were grown in winter greenhouses.
Preferential investment loans and “stimulating” subsidies are provided for industry enterprises. In addition, a new mechanism for compensating part of the costs for the construction of greenhouse enterprises in the regions of the Far East has been operating since this year. This has already allowed Transbaikal investors to start implementing a project to build a large greenhouse complex in the village of Yasnogorsk. Locally produced cucumbers in the region are still in great demand. They are mainly grown by enterprises of the Chernovskoye association. One of them “New Continent” is located in the village of Makkaveevo, Chita region. Up to 600 tons of greenhouse vegetables are produced here annually.
Gennady Streltsov, General Director of Novy Continent LLC: “Our production is not year-round. Only since this year, the first year, we have tried to grow early cucumbers. “, a heating system. And we are already planning to build a more modern complex on the basis of this heating system. But it will probably not be today, not tomorrow, because the problems in agriculture are still difficult to ensure financing, so we will gradually start building.”
In addition to greenhouse cucumbers and tomatoes, New Continent grows potatoes, carrots, beets, cabbage and cereals, and also maintains a pig farm. And no matter what business they undertake, they find support from the state.
Gennady Streltsov, General Director of Novyy Continent LLC: “Good support from the state at the moment. And this is not only at the moment. But not only at the moment, it happened before. The state helped a lot during the pandemic. We “We took cheap loans. We are still paying off a cheap loan, with which we bought more than 30 million worth of agricultural equipment. Therefore, I would like to say that the state does not deprive us.”
At one more enterprise of the association – “Chernovsky vegetable grower”, where greenhouse vegetables and greens are also grown, literally, a processing and conservation shop should be put into operation one of these days.
Vladimir Loskutnikov, head of the Chernovskoye association: “Vegetable products and meat products will be processed here. That is, we have a pig population. We have our own products. Our products will be preserved here. And there will be meat and vegetable products. And meat products. Meat delicacies. All the equipment has been purchased.”
The premises were overhauled, the electrics were changed, and modern equipment was purchased. The total costs amounted to about 14 million rubles. Ten of them, the cost of equipment, were partially reimbursed by the state.
Vladimir Loskutnikov, head of the Chernovskoye association: “Here, state support was in what, in that here it is a workshop in the Chernovsky cooperative, we received a grant for this equipment, 60% was state money, 40% was invested in our own money for equipment” .
According to Vladimir Loskutnikov, a trial batch of lightly salted cucumbers that has entered the trade is already a success.
Vladimir Loskutnikov, head of the Chernovskoye association: “We launched salted cucumbers, they are doing well. We bought them at the fair this time, and here in our store. But they do. light-salted, and conservation. We have documents for plant products. Now we are preparing documents for meat products.”
In the midst of vegetable growers and the sowing campaign. Carrots and beets are sown on the fields of the Kenonsky agricultural production cooperative, and potatoes are also being planted. And cabbage seedlings are growing in greenhouses.
Olesya Alekseeva, foreman of the PSK “Kenonsky”: “It’s about one and a half thousand square meters. Every morning, our work begins with watering the beds. We water it, plant it. Then, when our seedlings grow up, we plant it in the fields “.
Last year, Kenonsky received 500 tons of vegetables and 700 tons of potatoes. In this, despite the fact that the field work began a week later, the harvest, according to the chairman of the cooperative, Alexander Zheltov, will not be worse.
Alexander Zheltov, chairman of the Kenonsky PSC: “This winter was cold, the soil was receding very slowly. But, in principle, now we are on time in time. In general, everything is on time. The soil moisture is normal. So I think the views will be good. This year we have planned 40 hectares of potatoes, two and a half hectares of carrots, two and a half beets and 11 hectares of cabbage.”
As a rule, a cooperative located in the suburbs of the regional capital has no problems with sales. Cabbage is especially in demand. Applications for it come not only from all over Transbaikalia, but also from neighboring regions, and even
