Today, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Agriculture and Food of the Republic of Tatarstan Marat Zyabbarov got acquainted with the progress of spring field work in the Bugulma district. He was accompanied by the head of the district Linar Zakirov.
First, a meeting with farmers and processing enterprises was organized in the Naratlinsky rural settlement.
The total area under cultivation in the Bugulma district is 53,846 hectares. Feeding of winter crops has been completed, and leaf feeding has begun. Harrowing of perennial grasses, winter crops, steam, and winter swellings was carried out. As for the pace of sowing, today more than 12 thousand hectares are sown - this is 33% of the plan. With a potential of 3000 hectares per day, sowing of early spring crops is planned to be completed by May 18.
The head of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Tatarstan gave a good assessment of the sowing in the farms of the region: “The mood of the farmers is good. Sowing work in almost all agricultural enterprises has begun. It rains in the area, there is enough moisture in the soil. In general, work is organized at a good level in the Bugulma municipal district. ”
In the Naratli settlement, the Minister studied the construction of the dairy complex of LLC North Niva Tatarstan. Stefan Duerr, General Director of the agricultural holding, spoke about the ongoing project. This is the first dairy complex out of three planned for construction for 3,550 heads of dairy cows and 5,100 heads of young animals.
Asphalt roads with a length of 3,500 meters and power lines with a length of 2.5 kilometers have already been built. A project for drilling 4 artesian wells was completed. On an area of 200 hectares, a temporary platform for keeping 806 heifers was placed, where feeding, warm watering and wind protection were organized. By the end of the year, it is expected to obtain an offspring of calves - 792 heads.
In addition, the investor sowed most of the area with fodder crops for the production of roughage and succulent fodder. The machine and tractor fleet has been significantly updated - 83 types of imported agricultural machinery have been purchased.
At the end of the work trip, Marat Zyabbarov got acquainted with the activities of the VIDVID processing enterprise. The company produces crude oils and their fractions, and processes agricultural products. The volume of processing of raw materials today is 220 tons per day, finished products - 86 tons per day.
The plant employs 58 people who work on the equipment of the Czech Republic “Farmet”. The main suppliers of raw materials are agricultural producers of Tatarstan and Bashkortostan, Orenburg region. Finished products can be found on the shelves of the Magnit and Pyaterochka retail chains.
“This is a fairly large enterprise with ambitious plans. At present, together with the management of the enterprise, we are studying work on export - expansion of production. It is planned to build a new oil production line, which implies an increase in productivity up to 500 tons per day”, concluded Marat Zyabbarov.