Three agricultural producers from Nizhny Novgorod became the winners of the competition "The best sugar beet farm in Russia in 2022"

The winners were Khaidyar Myalikov's farm from the Pilninsky municipal district, Ildus Shaipov's farm and Saksar LLC from the Sergach municipal district.
“In 2022, sugar beets were sown on an area of ​​13.2 thousand hectares. This year, the areas under this crop are preserved. To date, the sowing of sugar beet in the region is being completed. The cultivation of this crop is traditionally done by farmers in the southern regions of the Nizhny Novgorod region - Gaginsky, Sergachsky, Pilninsky, Sechenovsky, Spassky, Shatkovsky and Knyagininsky. In total, 15 farms specialize in sugar beets,” said Nikolai Denisov, Minister of Agriculture and Food Resources of the Nizhny Novgorod Region.
The competition is held by the Union of Sugar Producers of Russia and the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation annually among all beet-growing farms in the country for each individual region. When determining the winners, the competition committee takes into account the area under crops, gross harvest, yield, sugar content and profitability of production.
“Sugar beet producers are provided with subsidies to reimburse part of the costs associated with the purchase of elite seeds and the purchase of agricultural machinery, there is per hectare support , which provides for compensation of part of the costs per hectare of sown area, subsidized loans are also available,” added Nikolay Denisov.
Recall that 5.4 billion rubles have been allocated to support the Nizhny Novgorod agricultural industry, of which 2.6 billion rubles have already been transferred to agricultural producers. At the same time, more than 600 million rubles were allocated for the development of crop farms - per hectare, support for the purchase of elite seeds, the purchase of equipment, reclamation work, and other areas. In total, it is planned to allocate about 1.5 billion rubles to support crop production.