In 2022, agricultural producers of the Vologda Oblast will receive three new state support measures

Among the newcomers are the following areas: the production of open and closed ground vegetables with additional lighting technology, as well as holding cultural and technical events. The last area includes clearing land from shrubs and undergrowth, cleaning stones, site planning.

This information was announced by Deputy Governor Mikhail Glazkov at a meeting with heads of agricultural enterprises in the region.

In total, next year, manufacturers will be supported in 31 areas, the total amount of which will be more than 3 billion rubles.

Traditionally, the lion's share of funds will be directed to MILK producers. We are talking about 1.5 billion rubles, which exceeds the level of the current year by 163 million. The complex of agrotechnological works is also in the black, here support will increase by 120 million rubles compared to last year.

The meeting also summed up the preliminary results of the work of the agro-industrial complex for 2021. The agricultural season has been challenging. Industry enterprises faced a sharp rise in prices for mineral fertilizers, feed and abnormal heat.

In order to compensate for costs and maintain production, regional authorities increased the rate twice per 1 kg of produced and sold milk and once per 1 kg of produced and sold MEAT.

Despite the difficulties, agricultural producers harvested 108,000 tons of grain. Feed was harvested in the amount of 21.7 centners of feed units per HEAD, which made it possible to equalize the situation with the productivity of animals and provide them with feed until the next year's harvest. This year, the average milk yield per cow in the agricultural organizations of the region is forecasted to be over 8,000 kg.