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Agro-Industrial Complex
Commercial Fish Breeding
Karelia is an ideal location for trout breeding. The lakes of the Republic are ecologically clean, which in itself determines the high quality of the product. But the most important factor is the optimum temperature for trout growth. Today it is trout breeding that is becoming the most actively developing branch of the economy of the Republic.
Commercial trout breeding is carried out at farms of various types of property: individual farmers, limited partnerships, fishing collective farms, and farms belonging to large industrial enterprises.
In 2007 new fish breeding farms continued to be organized. The number of such farms increased, as compared to 2006, by 12 farms and now there are 45.
The total number of people working there is 561.
In 2007, fish breeding farms produced 9,391 tons of trout and fry (young fish), which is 2,419 tons or 34.7% more than in 2006. Practically all the farms increased their production.
Climate, water resources of the Republic and their quality allows producing up to 17,500 tons of trout and young fish per year.
In 2008, new farms are created, as well as enlarging, reconstruction and modernization of the existing ones.
“Kala-Ranta” joint stock company is carrying out an investment project of creating a modern facility for trout and young fish breeding. Two credit agreements have been made with Sberbank joint stock bank for 57 million rubles. Norwegian fishponds, automatic lines for fish feeding, and equipment for the facility where small fish will be grown have been bought.
“Rokfor” joint stock company continues its work on the project “Building of a Trout Breeding Complex”, and attracts new credit resources. A new fish pond has been put into operation.
In 2007, the “Program of Developing Trout Breeding in Karelia up to 2010” was developed, which plans additional investments into trout breeding industry and achieving the capacity of 11,000 tons per year by 2010. The White Sea coast has great potential for organizing trout farms there. Research results confirm that breeding trout in sea water has a number of advantages as compared to breeding trout in fresh water.
Animal Husbandry
In 2008 projects of building, reconstruction and modernization of facilities of animal husbandry continue to be implemented, as part of the national priority project “Development of Agro-Industrial Complex” and measures of the “State Program of Development of Agriculture and Regulating the Markets of Agricultural products, Raw Materials an Food Supplies for 2008-2012”.
In 2008, the construction of the modern animal husbandry complex for 800 cattle with milking facility has been completed in “Megrega” joint stock company.
Karelian regional branch of “Rosselhozbank” joint stock bank issued a loan for 119.6 million rubles, as part of the agreement with the company.
Now they have two new cowsheds, for 400 cattle each, and a milking facility, an indoor storage for animal feed and an outdoor location for keeping silage. There is also an area for keeping production waste.
Reconstruction of an animal husbandry complex for 800 cows and construction of a milking facility is under way in “Ilyinsky” joint stock company. Karelian regional branch of “Rosselhozbank” joint stock bank issued a loan for 128 million rubles, as part of the agreement with the company. The construction will be completed in the fourth quarter of 2008.
In May 2008, an animal husbandry farm was opened in “Yanishpole” joint stock company. The company specializes in raising cattle. The construction of a new facility will allow increasing the livestock by 320 cattle.
In 2008, two cowshed for 800 cattle and a milking facility started to be built in “Tuksa” joint stock company. The engineering stage is completed, all the necessary approvals have been obtained, and now the negotiations started for opening a credit line in “Rosselhozbank”.
The preparations are continued for building a pig-raising farm for “AKS-Holding” joint stock company; with capacity of 12,000 pigs a year.
Reconstruction work in “Vilga” joint stock company, “Rodina” joint stock company, and “Segozero” joint stock company is under way.
By the decision of the task force for implementation of the priority national project “Development of Agro-Industrial Complex”, the following investment projects are included into the plan: “Kondopozhskaya Poultry Plant” joint stock company – the project “Reconstruction and Modernization of the Production of Eggs and Chicken Meat”, and “Kalevala Nord-Fish” joint stock company – the project on construction a trout farm in the village of Yushkozero, Kalevala district.
The overall sum of loans for 2008 is 250 million rubles.
Also in 2008, the active stage of modernization and enlargement of “Sunskaya Poultry Plant” will start, with capacity of 25.6 million incubator eggs per year and the amount of investments of 420 million rubles.
A large-scale project of “Agrodom Severny” will start in 2009: construction of poultry plant complex with capacity of 350 million eggs and 50,000 tons of boiler meat per year with deep processing. The implementation of the project is planned with investments from American companies. The overall amount of investments in the complex will be 7.2 billion rubles.
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