20 farmers in the Chelyabinsk region won Agrostartup grants

The Ministry of Agriculture has summed up the results of the competitive selection of farmers and individual entrepreneurs for Agrostartup grants. The winners were 20 farmers from 10 municipal districts of the Chelyabinsk region, who will receive from 1.6 million to 3 million rubles for the development of their activities. In total, 50 million rubles are allocated for Agrostartup grants this year.
48 million rubles from the federal budget and 2 million rubles from the regional budget are allocated to finance Agrostartup grants in 2022 in the Chelyabinsk region. In total, 30 participants were admitted to the selection. For the first time, potato and vegetable growing, cattle and small cattle breeding and MILK production were identified as priority areas for obtaining grants.
As a result, twelve of the twenty winners are those who presented business plans for the development of animal husbandry: two will raise dairy cattle and nine participants will be beef cattle. One participant presented a business plan for the development of horse breeding. Of the eight winners who submitted business plans in the field of crop production, seven will specialize in the cultivation of potatoes. This year, the maximum grant for dairy and beef cattle breeding has remained unchanged - three million rubles. In other areas, the maximum amount of grants has been increased from one and a half to two million.
The most active participants were the farmers of the Argayashsky district - four grant recipients at once, as well as the farmers of the Krasnoarmeysky and Nagaybaksky districts, three applicants became winners in each district.
One of the objectives of state grant support is to strengthen the material base of peasant farms and increase income from the sale of agricultural products. Therefore, almost all grant recipients direct funds for the purchase of equipment or livestock, build or repair utility rooms. Sergey Koltakov from the Chesmensky district relied on his own feed. For his small farm, which has 10 dairy cows, with the help of state support, he will purchase an MTZ tractor and a baler. Ruslan Khairullin from the Sosnovsky district is engaged in growing grain and potatoes, says that to run your small business, you need modern equipment. Ruslan was helped to complete the documents for the grant at the My Business Competence Center, so it was not difficult to participate in the competition. Potato,
For a large family of Elvira and Ruslan Nafikov from the village of Tuguzbaev, Argayash district, the grant promises to be a real start for rural business. Literally two years ago, the couple began to develop their farm, brought sheep. Ruslan Nafikov says that he feels a strong connection with the Bashkir roots, so they decided not only to raise livestock, but also made a small ethnic complex, put up a yurt. Ruslan himself is a master of all trades: his "kalym" is welding, barbecues, gates. Today, there are six horses of the Bashkir breed in the Nafikov farm, the spouses plan to purchase 15 more with the grant. They are negotiating with a stud farm in Bashkiria. In a year, the farm will be able to taste koumiss and shoot archery - real Bashkir-style agritourism!
Another result, which provides state support in the form of grants, is an increase in the employment of the rural population. This year, Agrostartup grantees will open 33 new jobs.

Press Center of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Chelyabinsk Region