Bashkiria farmers for 3 months purchased equipment for 1 billion rubles more than last year

In Bashkortostan, work continues on preparing agricultural machinery for the sowing campaign. Following the work plans of agricultural enterprises, more than 10.6 thousand tractor units (with equipment) and about 5 thousand units - on sowing crops will take part in the spring fieldwork of this year in preparing the soil for sowing. Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of Agriculture Ilshat Fazrakhmanov announced this at a briefing session in the government.

Due to the active renewal of the agricultural machinery fleet in the region, this year, it will be used by 480 tillage machines more and by 180 sowing units than the last year.

“In just three months of 2021, agricultural producers of the republic purchased 778 units of agricultural machinery and equipment worth more than 1.8 billion rubles, which is 1 billion rubles more than in the same period in 2020. The machinery available at the enterprises of the agro-industrial complex, under good weather conditions, will allow sowing more than 100 thousand hectares of spring crops per day,” Ilshat Fazrakhmanov said.

The Deputy Prime Minister analyzed the participation of regional farmers in the preferential program of Rosagroleasing JSC. Thus, applications for the purchase of machinery amounted to 2.2 billion rubles since the beginning of the year. Applications for 1.4 billion rubles have been approved. Contracts were concluded for 1.2 billion rubles. The farms of Aurgazinsky, Duvansky, Ilishevsky, Buzdyaksky, Sterlitamaksky, Kushnarenkovsky districts are the most actively working with Rosagroleasing.

It is planned that by the end of the year, farmers will receive on lease about 70 tractors of various traction classes, 50 grain harvesters, more than 120 sowing, and tillage machines, and other equipment.