The first vegetable-growing agricultural cooperative has been established in Kalachinsky district

The initiator of the creation was a young farmer Denis Kobzev, who started growing and purchasing potatoes from the population.

Agricultural cooperative — one of the organizational and legal forms of farming. It represents an organizational­a corporation created by agricultural producers­for joint production or other economic activities based on the unification of their property rights­financial contributions in order to meet material and other needs­the needs of the cooperative members.

In Kalachinsky district in May 2017 The agricultural cooperative SPTC was established in 2006 . «Kulikovo Agricultural Union» for the purchase and sale of vegetables from the owners of private farms. The cooperative includes 12 enterprising people from among the farms and private farms who initially decided to take up potatoes. The initiator of the creation was a young farmer Denis Kobzev, who received a degree in 2016 a grant for the creation and development of a peasant farm in the amount of 3 million rubles, purchased young Kazakh white-headed cattle in quantity 50 heads, of them 30 heads of heifers and 20 – Bychkov. The daily weight gain for today is about 700-800 gram. The farmer decided not to stop there and gathered like-minded people to create an agricultural cooperative specializing in vegetables.

The members of the cooperative are engaged in the purchase of potatoes from private subsidiary farms, ready to sell their surplus for a good price. Price pay for 1 kg is from 10 before 12 rubles'. So far, we have bought potatoes in 4 In municipal areas, they plan to purchase it in all districts of the Omsk region in the future.

According to Denis Ganin, the financial director of the agricultural cooperative, the first sale of potatoes purchased from the population is starting today and the economic benefits are already tangible. «During processing, reputable organizations need potatoes. – these are holiday homes, schools, kindergartens. Our task – not only to buy potatoes, but also to sell them profitably. At the moment, our potatoes are supplied to the sanatorium. «The ear», Where have we delivered 30 tons», - narrated by Denis Ganin. In addition, Omsk potatoes are supplied to the North and Northeast (Surgut, Urengoy, Chita, Vladivostok and other major cities). The cooperative has preliminary agreements with customers, for example, with Kazakhstan and Central Russia.  The wholesale price can be up to 20 rubles per kg. After all, Omsk potatoes are the most delicious and environmentally friendly. In the Kalachinsky agricultural cooperative, potatoes are processed, sorted, dried and packaged in nets. It is stored in a special vegetable storehouse, which is located in the city of Omsk.

Denis Kobzev, the head of the farm, believes that if the owners of private subsidiary farms know that their potatoes will be bought, they will plant more and fill all available land with potatoes.

Currently, potatoes are supplied to large retail chains, where processed marketable potatoes are in demand. In the current  participants of the agricultural cooperative u 7 LPH purchased 330 tons and members of the cooperative – 180 tons of potatoes. The main profit from the sale of potatoes is planned to be received towards the end 2018 years. Today we have invested in the creation of our agricultural cooperative 1,5 million rubles. 

The members of the agricultural cooperative have plans in the near future. - to build a modern vegetable storage facility in the village of Kulikovo, Kalachinsky district, using the latest technologies for storing and processing not only potatoes, but also carrots, cabbage, onions, garlic and other vegetables in volume 3 thousand tons. In 2018 They plan to apply for a grant in the amount of 70 before 100 million rubles for the construction of a vegetable storage facility on 10 modules.

As Pavel Veselov, chief specialist of the Processing and Commodity market Department of the Regional Ministry of Agriculture, noted, cooperation – This is social support for personal subsidiary farms. The Kalachinsky agricultural cooperative, specializing in vegetables, will become an incentive and an example for others. «If there is a market, then there will be a supply, and the federal support provided for the creation of agricultural consumer cooperatives will help to implement other plans.».