Rapeseed, equipment, quality control. What attracted Krasnoyarsk Krai farmers to the Grodno Region?

June 5, Grodno. A delegation from the Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia, led by Ilya Vasilyev, the region's Minister of Agriculture, visited Grodno Oblast for two days. The Russian guests and the organizers of the visit briefed journalists on the results of their visit to agro-industrial enterprises in the Grodno region, BelTA reports. 

"Our visit to Belarus began with work at the Belagro-2025 exhibition, where we signed three agreements with leading Belarusian agricultural machinery manufacturers. After that, we will be visiting the Grodno region for two days. Initially, when planning this trip, we included representatives of agricultural enterprises in the delegation – livestock and crop producers, as well as food processing companies in the meat and dairy industries. Accordingly, we discussed the map of our visits with colleagues from the Grodno region. Yesterday, we visited livestock complexes and a feed mill. We focused on the culture of agricultural production in Belarus. Our objectives are largely similar. Today we visited the "Dairy World" fair, and now we are examining meat processing at the Grodno Meat Processing Plant. We have learned from your experience what we will definitely implement at our own place. We have invited the heads of your enterprises for a return visit," said Ilya Vasiliev. Ilya Vasiliev: As an exampleThe Minister of Agriculture of the Krasnoyarsk Territory described the organization of employee accounting and monitoring at a livestock farm in the Grodno region. "What we saw seemed more effective, so we will definitely implement it here," he said. 

The meeting in the Grodno region is a logical continuation of the visit of Krasnoyarsk Territory Governor Mikhail Kotyukov, who recently met with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko , as well as Chairman of the Grodno Regional Executive Committee Yuri Karayev, noted Igor Sorokin, Chairman of the Grodno Regional Executive Committee's Committee on Agriculture and Food. "The guests were interested in rapeseed production, agricultural machinery manufacturing, and meat and dairy processing," Sorokin said. "We also visited Vasilishki JSC and the I.P. Senko Agricultural Production Cooperative in the Grodno District. We received an invitation to an exhibition of the achievements of Krasnoyarsk Territory enterprises. We have a lot to show, and we will prepare," Sorokin noted.    
In Grodno, the Russian guests learned about the work of Molochny Mir, the country's leading dairy company , toured its production facilities, assessed its high-tech equipment, and, most importantly, its level of quality control. Marina Anikeeva, the company's CEO, noted that attention to quality control is paid from the production of raw materials to the delivery of finished products to consumers.  

The Grodno meat processing plant was the final stop for the guests from Krasnoyarsk Krai. "About 60% of our exports go to Russia," shared Oleg Ivanov, CEO of Molochny Mir. "Krasnoyarsk is one of our hubs for selling our products. This is a strategic direction for our company. Sales of prepared sausages, smoked meats, and processed beef in Russia are growing this year as well." Oleg Ivanov emphasized that such meetings foster mutual trust and expand areas of cooperation.