On Farming, on Farming

№ 24 April 2011 № 24 April 2011 AnnаНОНСыOаНОНСыuncements 1 May.20-24 Farmers’ февраля. familiarisation Поездка клиентов trip to На карусели – буренки German«ЭкоНивы» cattle наselection сельскохозяйственную stations and the Bulls’выставку Parade SIMA-2011 On8On февраля состоялось farming,farming, официальное открытие первой очереди современного Venue:Место Bavaria проведения: Франция, Па- молочного комплекса ООО «ЭкоНиваАгро». Событие значительное как для Organisers:риж EkoNiva-Semena LLC «ЭкоНивы» и Лискинского района Воронежской области, где расположен May.Организаторы: John Deere ComexposiumFodder Procurement inкомплекс,in aa так иcommoncommon для молочной «копилки» региона languagelanguage в целом. SystemsМарт. field Информационный day семинар Venue:«Современные EkoNiva-Chernozemye агротехнологии» LLC AЮлия delegation САЛЬКОВА of the Republic of Belarus Ministry of Agriculture and Food servicingМесто centre,проведения: Zaluzhnoye г. Новосиvillage,- Supplies headed by Minister Mikhail Rusy visited the Voronezh region. The talks Liskinskyбирск, district, сервисный Voronezh центр region ООО «Эко- resulted in the signing of an agreement for cooperation in the farming and food Organisers:Нива-Сибирь» EkoNiva-Chernozemye LLC processing industries. Юлия САЛЬКОВА May.Органи Johnзаторы: Deere ОООAMS Precise«ЭкоНива-Си Tilling- By Yulia SALKOVA Systemsбирь» training session Venue:Март. Vladimir Обучающий Machine семинар Test Station, по тех- townнике of Pokrov, John Deere Vladimir region Organisers:Место проведения: EkoNiva-Vladimir г. Богородицк, LLC 18-20сервисный May. центрSecond ООО AGROPROM «ЭкоНива-Тула» 2011 InterregionalОрганизаторы: Congress ООО «ЭкоНива-Тула» Venue:15-18 VETA марта.TPP VO ExhibitionМеждународные Centre, cityспециализированные of Voronezh выставки Organisers:«Мясная индустрияVoronezh region’s– 2011» Chamber и «Мо- of лочнаяCommerce индустрия and Industry,– 2011» Voronezh regionalМесто administration проведения: Россия, Москва, Мay.ВВЦ John Deere 6130D tractor demonstrationОрганизаторы: Минсельхоз России, Venue:РСПМО, Agrofirma Мясной союз Pakhma России JSC, Yaroslavsky16-18 district,марта. Yaroslavl 5-я агропромыш region - «ЭкоНива» открыла молочный комплекс на 1900 голов Organisers:ленная выставка EkoNiva-Kostroma «АгроСезон-2011. LLC Aleksey Gordeyev, Governor of the On state support June.Современная Fodder Procurement техника и технологии Equipment в Voronezh region, believes that cooperation “State support is a three-faceted seminarрастениеводстве и животноводстве» in this area is very promising indeed. effort. First, there are interest-free loans for Venue:Место Krasny проведения: Mayak Collectiveг. Воронеж, Farm, Экс- “Here we have a lot of reserves which nine years. Loan repayment starts a year Markovoпоцентр village, «Агробизнес Rostovsky Черноземья» district, we may use to mutual advantage,” noted after the facility comes into commission. YaroslavlВГАУ Region Aleksey Gordeyev. It takes a year and a half to two years to Organisers:Организаторы: EkoNiva-Kostroma ГУ «Воронежский LLC “One item under consideration has build a facility. Another year is spent on 7-9областной June. Tenthцентр Internationalинформационного Sugar been the feasibility of creating joint optimisation, after which the facility repays Forumобеспечения АПК», Экспоцентр «Аг- ventures, for example, an interstate dairy the loan over a nine-year period. Today Venue:робизнес Kurskaya Черноземья» Korenskaya ВГАУ Yarmarka production company. Our government Belarus farms get 14 rubles per kilo of exhibitionАпрель. centre, Информационно-обуча Zolotukhinsky district,- supports establishing such a company. milk. The profitability is around 15%, which Kurskющий region семинар по зерноуборочным is not bad. Organisers:комбайнам Russian John Deere Sugar Producers The second facet Union,Место Kursk проведения: Regional г.administration, Богородицк, involves subsidies which Russianсервисный Sugar Industryцентр ООО Research «ЭкоНива-Ту Institute- enabled us to reduce the (Kursk),ла» Russian Ministry of Agriculture cost of mineral fertilisers to 17-23Организаторы: June. Presentation ООО «ЭкоНива-Тула» of new John farmers by 33%. The third Deere14-15 equipment апреля. Выставка сельхоз- facet is the state’s refunding Venue:техники Lisbon, «АгроВятка-2011» Portugal of 50% of the cost of energy- Organisers:Место проведения: John Deere Corporation г. Киров, об- intensive equipment for 23-26ластной June. выставочный Kurskaya центр Korenskaya «Вятка- farms engaged in pedigree YarmarkaЭкспо» 2011 interregional fair of whole- stock breeding. The state andОрганизаторы: retail sale «Вятка-Экспо», Вят- addresses these issues Venue:ская торгово-промышленнаяSvoboda village, Zolotukhinsky палата directly with lenders and district,12-14 Kursk апреля.region Международная produce suppliers. So Organisers:специализированная Kurskaya выставка Korenskaya жи- the farmers get a loan for Yarmarkaвотноводства exhibition и племенногоcentre, Kurskдела construction and purchase regional«АгроФерма administration, – 2011» Kursk Chamber agricultural equipment or of CommerceМесто проведения: and Industry г. Москва, ВВЦ During the visit, Mikhail Rusy visited mineral fertilisers with the state’s aid, all 28Организаторы: June. John Deere Министерство fodder harvesting сель- the EkoNivaAgro LLC cattle breeding farm of which saves them from a lot of rigmarole equipmentского хозяйства demonstration Российской Феде- in the Liskinsky district where we agreed and red tape. The proof of success of this Venue:рации, Sibirskaya Правительство Niva Москвы,LLC, Paivino OAO with the Minister over the role of the state sponsorship is the fact that major crop village,«ГAO Maslyaninsky «Всероссийский district, выставочный Novosibirsk in farming and learned about the know- producing farms decided to launch some regionцентр», Немецкое сельскохозяй- how of the Belarus dairy production and his cattle breeding projects.” Organisers:ственное EkoNiva-Sibirобщество (DLG) LLC impressions of the trip to Voronezh.” Continued on page 2 2 № 24 April 2011 Beginning on page 1 eVents OnOn farming,farming, inin aa commoncommon languagelanguage On big stakes only farm workers, but also About “We haven’t rural teachers, physicians, Russian destroyed the Soviet and librarians.” colleagues era’s collective- and Looking ahead “Upon state-farms. We have “By 2015 we plan to visiting the preserved and updated produce 10 million tonnes Voronezh them. We put our bets of milk. Each year we are region, I am on big cattle-breeding building 150 to 160 new once again complexes. Last year, breeding complexes with convinced that the farmers supplied 800 to 3,000 animals in Russia and 5,000,100 tonnes of them. In the foreseeable Belarus can milk, of which only 380 future, shortages of food learn a lot from tonnes were contributed will become an acute each other. by the private sector. problem for mankind. Today, Aleksey Our programmes Russia and Belarus Gordeyev seek to ‘stir up’ the have fairly large farming noted that we farming areas in every areas, which affords a use a common language the vision of EkoNiva district administration way. Along with farming fine opportunity to when we talk agriculture. president Stefan Duerr and EkoNiva company’s development, we create increase the production I couldn’t agree about the development of management address normal living conditions of foodstuffs and make more. We apply the same stock breeding and dairy social issues. They have for people. A young family good money.Given that technologies, build similar production. Of course, profits arranged living conditions will never settle down in consumption is growing complexes, and work don’t come quickly, but once in the village properly and a village without schools, by 13% and production similarly hard on fostering the products reach the created a sophisticated kindergartens and a by 3%, our countries have our agriculture. market, the business starts infrastructure for villagers. suitable shopping centre. an excellent potential for I wish to corroborate to pay off. I unreservedly We, too, treat our farmers We have supported not filling this gap.” the correctness of like the way the Liskinsky in a very similar fashion.” Land to farmers! Where do The congress of the Association of Farming Enterprises and Cooperatives (AFEC) discussed the development of the agricultural specialists farming business. come from? The focus was on land provide financial aid to farmers ownership. According to Valentin wishing to formalise their land For nearly 20 years Russia and Germany have been cooperating on Denisov, chairman of the State ownership and to give them the educating agricultural specialists. Over 1,500 Russian students and Duma Committee on Agrarian right to buy out rented land by young specialists have undergone practical training on German farms. Issues, it is necessary to ensure granting them a long-term loan By Yulia SALKOVA that the land belongs to those at a low interest rate. who actually till it. Agricultural It was pointed out at the producers must acquire land for congress that the legal status of 15 to 20% of its cadastral value farmers is obscure. Today around without bidding. 90,000 farming enterprises have According to Vladimir the status of a legal entity. A re- Plotnikov, AFEC president, today registration date was set for them, many farmers work and live on and it was extended to 1 January land without owning it officially. 2013. The problem remains Twenty years ago nearly 12 unresolved and little time is left million people received

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