10 and 11 In January, the head of the Omsk region, Alexander Burkov, is on a working trip to Moscow. One of the first events was a meeting with the Minister of Agriculture of Russia Alexander Tkachёyou.
Alexander Burkov briefly described the results of the agricultural year in the Omsk region, noting that in 2017 collected in the Omsk region this year 3,5 million tons of grain, which is 6% more results 2016 years, 741 thousands of tons of potatoes (+20%) and 272 thousands of tons of vegetables (+12%).
Alexander Tkachev noted the good results of the work done by farmers of the Omsk region. Also, the head of the Ministry of Agriculture of Russia said that the state support sent to 2018 in the year of the Omsk region, it will be maintained at the level of the previous year and will amount to 2,5 billion rubles.
The head of the region drew the Federal Minister's attention to the need to increase the volume ofёMOU for the export transportation of grain produced in Omsk as part of the zeroing of Russian Railways tariffs.
«To date, we have set a limit for grain export in volumeёme 100 thousands of tons. But that's not enough for us. – The fruitful work of Omsk farmers and favorable weather affected the large grain harvest. During the January holidays alone, we took out about 20 thousands of tons. In this regard, I turned to Alexander Nikolaevich [Tkachev – Editor's note.] with a request to consider the possibility of increasing our limits to 250 thousands of tons. The system of subsidizing the costs of grain transportation by rail will contribute to an increase in prices that will be of interest to agricultural producers. The end result – increase the profits of farmers. The regional Ministry of Agriculture is currently working in this direction.», – Alexander Burkov emphasized.
In addition, Alexander Burkov managed to agree on the planning of Alexander Tkachev's working visit to the Omsk region in June. 2018 on the eve of the celebration of the centenary of the P.A. Stolypin Agrarian University in order to fully familiarize with the key projects of the agro-industrial complex of the region.
Alexander Tkach also participated in the meeting.ёb confirmed the continuation in 2018 the year of implementation of the program of preferential loans to agricultural producers, includingёregistered in the register of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture. Recall that in the areas of dairy and meat production, as part of the technical re-equipment, farmers can receive a loan from 1 years before 8 years at a rate of from 1 before 5 interest per annum.