Farmer Gennady Florya, WAR participant and head of P P Max Agro, says:
"To date, we have already finished the harvest of early grains in the south: we harvested wheat, peas, barley. Because of the drought, the harvest has decreased threefold, because there was no rainfall for three months. As for exports, I cannot go at least to Romania, to negotiate directly. Certain businessmen somehow went away and buy grain from us for half the price. The cost of a hectare is about 25 000 hryvnias, and you sell it for 10 000 hryvnias. That is, on each hectare we have 15 000 losses. I hope for unblocking of ports and increasing of prices for agricultural products".
According to him, "big" exporters-agroholdings, which used to buy grain from small and medium-sized farmers, left the market because they, first of all, sell their own grain.
Participation in the association provides tangible support. "I am a member of the WAR. Association members say that it will not be profitable to sow in the fall. At the same time, everyone understands that it is necessary to sow, but not everyone is 'dimensionless' in terms of funds. If I was not in WAR, it would be even worse. Thanks to participation in the association, the issues of fuel and lubricants have been established, and the advisory and legal departments for farmers work. It is also more convenient to help the AFU together. VAR initiated the collection of funds for the purchase of pickup trucks for the army, I could not help our military alone, and together with the association the farmers have already purchased hundreds of vehicles for the AFU", - adds the head of P P Max Agro.
PigUA.info by agravery.com