Farmers of the Luhansk People’s Republic (LPR) sent more than 80 applications to Rosagroleasing for the lease of agricultural equipment in the amount of more than 1 billion rubles. About this TASS declaration Yevgeny Sorokin, Minister of Agriculture and Food of the LPR.
“Rosagroleasing received 81 applications from 23 agricultural producers for the supply of 137 pieces of equipment with a value exceeding 1 billion rubles. These applications are being evaluated by Rosagroleasing.
According to him, farmers from LPR want to rent domestic equipment. In addition, a Rosselkhoztsentr branch will be opened by the end of the year, which will help develop seed production in the republic.
He added that there are currently six seed farms in the LPR that provide 8% of the region’s seed needs.
May 12 Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin signed To allocate 10 billion rubles. Russian regions will cover part of the costs of grain producers.
Referring to the data obtained by Rosspetsmash and the equipment dealers association ASHOD before this, Kommersant wrote that in the first quarter of 2023, agricultural machinery sales in Russia fell by close to 8 percent in monetary terms.