Equipment purchased by farmers has increased significantly in Bashkiria

Representatives of the agro-industrial complex of Bashkortostan purchased agricultural equipment for 12.1 billion rubles over 11 months this year, the government of the Republic of Belarus reports. It is noted that the growth compared to last year was 10%.

We are talking about almost 2.7 thousand equipment units, including 473 tractors, 204 grain harvesters, 22 forage harvesters, and more than 600 tillage and seeding machines and implements.

“Over 5 years, starting in 2019, farmers in the region purchased almost 15 thousand units of equipment worth more than 52 billion rubles. As part of the regional program for modernizing the technical fleet of the agro-industrial complex, farmers were paid 7.2 billion rubles in subsidies during this period,” commented Deputy Prime Minister of the Government of Bashkiria - Minister of Agriculture of the region Ilshat Fazrakhmanov.

As the republic government reminded, as part of the republican program for modernizing the technical fleet of the agro-industrial complex, farmers are subsidized up to 50% of the cost of purchasing machinery and equipment. Thus, in 2023, the budget limit is over 1.4 billion rubles.

Earlier, it became known that agricultural industry representatives were approved for preferential loans of 24.2 billion rubles.

Author: Ivan Vavilov