A family from the Chistopol region, with the support of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Tatarstan, is developing a cattle feeding business
Every week we write about people who, with the support of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Tatarstan, develop their business in the countryside, family farms, young entrepreneurs and peasant farms doing what they love. One of these is the "Shaikhutdinov R.M." from Chistopol district, successfully developing a family business - fattening cattle.
Rafael Shaikhutdinov and his wife Daniya live in the village of Kzyl Yalan. Daniya has a higher education in agriculture, Raphael studied at the Chistopol Agricultural College.
“Even before we learned about the Agrostartup program, we kept a lot of cattle in the farmstead,” says Daniya Salikhovna. - Since 2007, we have begun to cultivate shared land, purchase equipment. At the time of participation in the competition, we already had an MTZ 82 tractor, a combine harvester, a T-150 tractor, some agricultural machinery - harrows, cultivators, a seeder, a baler, etc. Since childhood, Rafael has taken care of the cattle.
- My father told me - you are not a horse, to get tired, you must always be in motion, - laughs Rafael Masalimovich.
He went into the army after school. He served in Afghanistan. After the army, he began working at the collective farm. In 2019 he created his own farm.
The Shaikhutdinovs are curious people. They are always interested in what is happening around: they read news on the Internet, in newspapers, they are in constant contact with the specialists of the regional agricultural administration. So they learned about the National Project "Small and Medium Enterprises and Support for Individual Entrepreneurial Initiatives" and the "Agrostartup" program, decided to take part in the competition of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Tatarstan, won a grant and implemented their business project.
With the money received, adding their own, they bought a new MTZ tractor, a stubble seeder, and young cattle. They also built a grain warehouse and premises for livestock.
Now they have fifty heads of cattle for fattening. From their 156 hectares, they take grain, hay, and straw. And even haylage is harvested. Gobies grow well, about a kilogram of daily gain.
The Shaikhutdinovs have informal cooperation with the peasant farm of their son Rail. The guy followed in the footsteps of his parents: he graduated from the Faculty of Economics, became a farmer. He also has 50 heads of young cattle, 178 hectares of land - 126 hectares in property and 52 hectares in lease. Farmers work together, helping each other. Milyausha's daughter studies at the institute and at the same time works on the farm, helping to keep records.
The Shaikhutdinovs really enjoy doing their business. And they are grateful to the state for support.