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It is becoming more and more difficult for those wishing to open their own business to do so in the city. Profitable businesses are fiercely competitive. But you can start your own business in the village. One of the advantages of starting a farm is a small investment. How to start a farm from scratch, we will try to tell.

To support rural businesses, the state is implementing several programs that are aimed at supporting agricultural business owners. Tax incentives have also been introduced. Thanks to this, farming becomes promising.

Where to begin?

The first step to opening your farm is to develop a detailed and competent business plan. It is necessary, at least roughly, to calculate all costs, get qualified advice from knowledgeable specialists, and plan all actions. A ready-made farming business plan is your guiding thread. A good start is half the battle. Any issues that arise will be resolved in due time.

You need land is your first practical task. There are two options - to rent a suitable plot or to buy it. The second option is more profitable in the future. Renting land is dangerous because its owner may refuse to renew the lease at the most inopportune moment. In the regions, the price of one hectare of land is approximately 2-4 thousand rubles. Even if you do not have large savings, the amount you need will be available to you.

The first step is to find suitable land

After solving the problem of finding suitable land, decide what exactly you want to do. The most well-known areas of agricultural activity are breeding cows, pigs or poultry, growing vegetables and fruits, berries and melons, and breeding fish.

The choice of one direction for a beginner in the agricultural business will probably be more correct. Experts advise starting with vegetables. Developing your business, you will add new directions. Since high profitability is shown by farms that combine different types of directions.

Beginners can start growing vegetables

Whatever type of activity you choose, there is always additional profit that you can make from it. Having your own raw materials, you can set up your own production. For instance:

1. Growing fruits, berries and vegetables. Additional profit is the sale of frozen vegetables and fruits.
2. Raising pigs or cattle. You can set up the production of your own products - stews, sausages, deli meats. Breeding cows will allow you to produce dairy products for sale.
3. Growing cereals. Production of our own flour and cereals, maintenance of our own bakery, where you can bake all kinds of bakery products.

This list is exemplary. Many more items can be added to it. It depends on your desire to earn, your capabilities and imagination. And, of course, do not forget about one important point - you need to take care of the sales market in advance. If you are new to the business and have no sales skills yet, you can hire an experienced salesperson. He will look for buyers and conclude contracts.

Peasant farming (KFH) is a special type of entrepreneurship. For him, OKVED forms and certain types of activities are provided, which we will consider below. To begin with, let's define how KFH differs from other types of legal entities and what are its pros and cons. As a rule, this is a group of persons who are often relatives or, for other reasons, have joint property and are engaged in agricultural work for profit. What are the activities of KFH? We will talk about this further.

What does a peasant farm do?

KFH is a form of activity that exists along with an individual entrepreneur or LLC. It is regulated by the law 74-FZ "On the peasant (farm) economy." The main activities of the KFH, if listed in a general order, are as follows:

• production and processing (any product related to agriculture);
• transportation;
• storage;
• implementation.

When registering, the founder must select the type of occupation of the formed peasant farm determined by OKVED.

Possible types of farms

After finding out the type of peasant farm, it is easier to determine its type of activity. There are four such types:

• Khutorskoe KFH. It is characterized by a compact location, all buildings are being built, as they say, from scratch. Due to the fact that this type of farming requires large financial investments, it is not very popular. However, if you need a large space for future activities, this option will be suitable.
• Cut off farming. It is large enough and suitable for the rotational method. Usually there is a dense placement of various buildings, which makes the entrepreneur think about logistics. However, its advantages are that it allows the combination of several types of animal husbandry.

• Large-scale KFH based on the basis of any agricultural organization that turned out to be unprofitable. By purchasing such a plot, the farmer may not demolish the existing buildings, but use them for his activities. As a rule, this type of farming "inherits" the type of activity from the one that the previous organization was engaged in.
• Village economy is located near any settlement. In this case, logistics will be cheaper than in others, but environmental standards limit this type of activity of the peasant farm. This should not be ignored, since possible conflicts - with environmental services or the public - can significantly slow down business processes.

Not only the possible activities of the enterprise, but also the size of the starting capital and other nuances depend on the type of farming.

Advantages of KFH

What are they and do they exist? This question interests many.

The advantages of peasant farms include the availability of state support and other privileges, a grace period for taxation, the ability to take large land plots (over two and a half hectares), receive various grants, officially register employees, have benefits in lending for the purchase of land, equipment and equipment. In addition, peasant farms are not checked by local commissions, unless, of course, there have been violations of the law.

Disadvantages of a peasant farm

But there are also disadvantages. Firstly, registration of a type of activity of a peasant farm is more expensive than registration of the same individual entrepreneur. In addition, the founder is obliged to use the land for its intended purpose (land intended for growing crops should not be used for grazing). A KFH participant cannot be a member of another similar organization. Well, it is important to take into account the dependence of rural entrepreneurs on seasonal risks, weather conditions, diseases of livestock and plants, etc. Often, farmers work for several years without profit or at a loss.

On state support of peasant farming

Here it is necessary to say a few words separately. This is one of the few types of business that has secured very tangible state support. For example, preferential lending conditions, when subsidies are given to pay off part of the loan rate. There is also a one-time or grant financial assistance for the creation and maintenance of the selected type of activity of the KFH. There is also property support in the form of the transfer of ownership of plots of land, premises, equipment, transport, inventory, machinery, etc. - on the basis of a lease agreement with preferential terms.

Comments on the legislation on peasant farming

In the comments to the legislation on peasant farms, important points are indicated. For example, it is noted that the production and processing of agricultural products are among the main activities, while transportation, storage and sale are additional (auxiliary).

It is further noted that the KFH does not fully apply to legal entities, since it does not have constituent documents confirming its legal capacity. Some questions follow from this: what type of activity can a peasant farm be engaged in, but most importantly, is it necessary to indicate it? Existing and established practice gives a positive answer. Another slippery moment in connection with the unestablished legal capacity of the KFH is advisory in nature: the head of the farm should be careful when concluding transactions: if they are not related to the previously designated activities, they may be invalidated.

Do I need a license to engage in this kind of activity?

Some types of agricultural business must be licensed, which is regulated by the Federal Law "On Licensing Types of Activities" (dated 2011). It is also important to know that there is a separate list of goods that can be considered transportation for the needs of a particular farm if the transport of this farm is used. By the way, this list does not say anything about the transportation of workers who need to be delivered to the place of work or back. And passenger transportation (more than eight people) is subject to licensing.

What is OKVED for and what is it?

Registration of a peasant farm implies such types of entrepreneurship as growing crops, animal husbandry, and providing consulting assistance to the population. Registration of KFH is available for individual entrepreneurs and legal entities. When opening a KFH, codes for types of activities in 2017 from a sequence of six digits must be indicated in the application for tax. They will then be reflected in the reporting.

This classifier is necessary to simplify the control over the payment of taxes and accelerate the input of information. The founder of the farm has the right to choose one main or several codes. The list of peasant farms was updated in 2016 (OKVED-2), so you need to focus on it.

Types of activities of a peasant farm according to the classifier

We list the activities of KFH according to OKVED:

1. Crop production - annual crops, perennial crops, seedlings. Codes for those who plan to engage in annual crops are divided into:

• growing plants for the purpose of obtaining grain;
• growing legumes;
• growing raw materials for vegetable oil;
• cultivation of rice crops;
• cultivation of tobacco crops;
• cultivation of various vegetables, mushroom crops and sugarcane;
• breeding flowering plants and obtaining seeds.

The matter is not limited to this. What else can you do?

If you are planning to engage in the cultivation of perennial crops, then the following types of KFH activities are provided for you:

• growing fruits, including exotic ones, growing berries and nuts;
• cultivation of tea and coffee crops, plants from which spices are made and medicinal plants.

But other options are also possible. Everyone can choose an activity to their liking.

2. Livestock. This includes the following activities:

• breeding of livestock for the production and sale of dairy products;
• breeding animals for the purpose of selling meat;
• horse breeding and koumiss production;
• breeding of animal species such as camels, sheep, pigs, goats for the purpose of selling meat and dairy products;
• breeding ducks, turkeys, chickens, geese and other poultry for the production and sale of their meat and eggs;
• breeding of bees and honey growing;
• breeding of fur-bearing animals, including rabbits;
• breeding of the silkworm butterfly;
• breeding domestic deer;
• breeding other types of domestic animals, including those intended for laboratory research. Breeding earthworms.

3. If you are not directly related to the listed activities or provide consulting services, pay attention to the following items mentioned in the classifier (in the column "other activities"):

• other activities in the field of crop production, such as pruning trees, harvesting, etc.;
• other activities in the field of animal husbandry - vaccination, inspection, cattle driving, etc.;
• services in which the need arises after harvesting in the form of providing premises for storage, cleaning before processing something, seed processing, sorting, various research, etc.;
• hunting, i.e. trapping, shooting animals;
• forestry, i.e., logging, collecting wild fruits, berries, nuts, etc.;
• fishing, fish farming.

Can the KFH engage in other activities?

There is an opinion that the legal capacity of the head of the economy is the same as the legal capacity of any individual registered as an individual entrepreneur. The main thing is to do everything within the framework of the law and in agreement with certain members of the peasant farm. And yet - are there any prohibited activities for peasant farms? The answer to this question is unequivocal: everything that is not condemned by law is allowed. Act in accordance with existing legislation to avoid problems. And may good luck accompany you.

If we consider various areas of family business, the development of their own agricultural business is of great interest to entrepreneurs. In Russia, peasant farming as a type of activity has become widespread among citizens. This is primarily due to the introduction of state programs to support agricultural business and farm enterprises. Thanks to the emergence of a number of benefits, peasant farming has become a promising and profitable type of business activity.

Future entrepreneurs face certain difficulties in the initial stages of work. What type of agricultural activity to choose? How much money will you need to develop your own business and how quickly will the investment pay off? How to set up your own business? Similar questions are of interest to many novice farmers. Let's try to figure it out.

KFH - what is it?

A small commercial structure that receives about 60-70% of the profit from agricultural products produced by its own efforts is called a peasant farm. KFH can be created by members of a single family or by one citizen.

To open an enterprise, all participants in the farm make property or cash contributions in certain shares. This allows you to carry out further activities, process, store agricultural products, transport and sell them.

The farm enterprise uses land plots of certain areas, equipment and storage facilities for the production of its own products. The profit received from its sale is the main part of the income of all family members. As a rule, the head of a peasant farm is a professional agrarian with knowledge and extensive experience.

The head of the peasant farm has the right to represent the interests of his enterprise before organizations of various forms of ownership or certain citizens. He has a bank account and a seal at his disposal. This enables the head of the company to conclude cooperation agreements, issue the necessary powers of attorney, hire employees, and also carry out other actions necessary for the development of the farm.

Every aspiring entrepreneur who wants to organize a farm should know the main advantages of running this type of business. First of all, agricultural products will always be in demand for well-known reasons. It must be understood that the cost of food is constantly rising, which provides producers with a stable profit. The advantages of opening your own farm should also include:

• representation of goods on the domestic market of agricultural products produced by domestic companies;
• availability of federal programs to support agricultural business;
• a wide range of activities;
• preferential taxation;
• strong consumer demand for domestic products.

It would be useful for novice businessmen to know that more than 80% of the grown vegetable crops are supplied to the markets and to the trading network by small farms. This allows us to present approximate volumes of consumer demand for this type of product and development prospects.

Law on Peasant Farming

It is important to know the legislative framework on which the activities of peasant farms are based. The law gives a precise definition of the activities of the peasant farm. Farms are associations of persons related by kinship (property) who have property in common ownership.

According to the law, the activities of farms include not only the production of agricultural products, but also their storage, processing, transportation and sale to the final consumer. The property of the farm belongs to him by right of ownership.

Peasant farms for the implementation of their activities have the right to use their own land, which can be allocated by the state, leased or received in lifetime inheritable possession. Land plots are subject to mandatory sale at public auction in favor of persons entitled to use them for their intended purpose. This is possible if the creditors applied to the judicial authorities with a claim to the land of the peasant farm.

Federal Law No. 74 defines the legal provisions of farms in the territory of the Russian Federation. The main ones include:

• citizens can unite to create a peasant farm on a voluntary basis;
• all members of a peasant farm must take a personal part in its activities;
• debt collection from the enterprise is carried out through the sale of property at public auction;
• all members of the farm are liable to each other (subsidiary liability).

According to Federal Law No. 74, a peasant farm can carry out its activities without forming a legal entity. Please note that the state authorities should provide all possible assistance in the formation of farms (providing access to finance, assistance in obtaining land plots). If there are no violations of the law on the part of the peasant farm, the state has no right to interfere in its activities.

Important: A person who has reached the age of 16 can become a member of a peasant farm. Third parties, in addition to family members, may be included in the enterprise, provided that their number does not exceed 5 people. If any of the members leaves the membership, he is entitled to receive monetary compensation.

Main types of farming activities

Entrepreneurs who want to open a KFH should know what the main activities are. Farms can specialize in growing crops, raising poultry and livestock, and producing a variety of foodstuffs.

Growing crops is characterized by high consumer demand at any time of the year. It is important to establish distribution channels, which will allow you to quickly get the desired income and avoid loss of profit due to product spoilage. If an entrepreneur plans to grow crops, he needs to decide on the direction. Thus, cereals are in great demand among consumers, including rye, corn, buckwheat, sunflower, barley, wheat and oats. Among vegetables, it is profitable to grow tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, carrots, garlic, potatoes and eggplants.

KFH can specialize in the cultivation of fruit and berry crops (strawberries, prunes, pears, apricots, apples) and greens (parsley, dill, garlic and onions). Farms that grow and sell mushrooms (mushrooms, oyster mushrooms, shiitake) bring good income. The list of agricultural crops can vary significantly depending on the climatic conditions of the regions of Russia.

Livestock farms bring considerable income and have a number of distinctive features. First of all, there are several main areas of this type of activity: breeding domestic animals (cows, pigs, horses, rabbits, goats, sheep), beekeeping, fish farming (sturgeon, pike, trout, carps, silver carps) and poultry farming (chickens, ducks, pheasants). , turkeys, geese).

It is known that honey, meat of domestic animals and poultry, fish, as well as dairy products are in great demand among the population, regardless of the season, which ensures high profits. Many farmers scale up over time and expand their own production.

So, having a livestock farm, you can open a line for the production of sausages, delicacies, stew, offal, as well as dairy products (cheese, cottage cheese, sour cream, milk). If a peasant farm specializes in growing grain crops, you should consider opening your own mill or bakery, and vineyard owners may consider producing their own varieties of wine.

Important: Beginners can take up growing fruits and vegetables. These agricultural products are considered to be in demand among consumers. As this area is mastered, it will be possible to scale up and include new types of activities.

How to open KFH?

Let's take a closer look at the algorithm of actions.

Collection of documents

Geographically, agricultural activities can be carried out in any region of Russia, while the registration of a peasant farm must be carried out at the branch of the Federal Tax Service at the place of actual residence of a citizen who will be the head of the company. To create an enterprise, the following constituent documents of a peasant farm must be submitted to the tax service:

• passport of the head of the farm organization;
• a certificate from the place of residence of the person registering the organization;
• application of the established form for registration of a peasant farm;
• agreement (agreement) on the organization of a farm;
• receipt for payment of state duty.

Important: payment of state duty (800 rubles) is a prerequisite for registering a peasant farm. If the entrepreneur was refused to open his organization, the funds for paying the tax are not returned.

As for the agreement on the organization of an agricultural enterprise, it is necessary to know the features of its preparation. The contract is concluded between relatives (family members) who have expressed a desire to establish a farm from scratch.

The agreement must necessarily contain a number of information. These should include information about:

• members of the created peasant farm;
• the head of the organization;
• rights and obligations of each member of the KFH;
• methods of capital formation, management and use of material resources;
• distribution of profits among the participants of the enterprise.

The document must contain a clause that indicates how each family member can enter the agricultural organization being created and on what conditions to leave it. You need to know that if the farm is organized by a single citizen, such an agreement will not be required. If there are originals of all documents for registration with the tax service, duplicates do not need to be notarized.

Farm Registration

How to register a farm from scratch and is this procedure mandatory? Each entrepreneur is obliged to legalize their activities within the framework of existing legislation. After collecting a standard package of documents, you must come to the department of the Federal Tax Service and obtain a permit to conduct business.

In addition, a package of documents can be sent to the fiscal authorities by mail, without forgetting to attach an inventory of available attachments and declare the value of the letter. MFCs operate on the territory of the Russian Federation. A novice entrepreneur can apply there and register his activity. Also, farmers can go to the official website of the tax service. As practice shows, the registration of a peasant farm quickly passes with a personal appeal to the fiscal authorities.

Waiting for the decision of the tax service

The process of registering farming activities takes 5 days from the date of application to the fiscal authorities. After that, the entrepreneur will receive a mandatory certificate of state registration of the head of the farm. You also need to take the following documents from the tax office:

• extract from USRIP;
• certificate of registration with the Federal Tax Service;
• information letter of the State Statistics Committee.

Please note that if the tax authorities find false data in the information submitted by the applicant (or there are too many errors in the execution), the documents will have to be put in order. To do this, a novice entrepreneur will be sent a notification. All errors and these shortcomings must be eliminated, after which it is allowed to re-apply to the Federal Tax Service for registration of a peasant farm.

State support for peasant farms in Russia

Future farmers should know that the state provides programs designed for the development of agriculture. For example, farmers can receive subsidies for the purchase of special machinery and various equipment. To find out the details of participation in assistance programs, entrepreneurs need to contact the department of agriculture in their place of residence.

Farmers can receive subsidies for the purchase of fuels and lubricants, take part in the tax grace period program (tax holidays last for 5 years, freeing novice farmers from mandatory contributions). As for agricultural production, the state often provides special orders to peasant farms, allowing them to develop quickly and earn decent money.

Entrepreneurs can count on receiving assistance from the state in the construction of greenhouses and other privileges. It is also necessary to know that support is being provided to rural farms, which consists in building a housing stock for workers, attracting young professionals and creating proper working and living conditions for them and their families.

At the initial stages of farming, the best option would be to rent land, since it is cheap and does not require time. With long-term cooperation, it is possible to agree with the landlord on the purchase of plots. To do this, it is worth taking advantage of the pre-emptive right of purchase, which provides for the opportunity to pay a price for land that does not exceed the cadastral value by more than 15%.

Entrepreneurs must be aware that if land plots are empty for more than 3 years and are not used for agricultural activities, the state may confiscate them. In addition, it is necessary to strictly observe the rules of environmental safety, otherwise the land plots will also be taken away.

The success of the development of a peasant farm largely depends on the experience of the head of the enterprise and his employees. Most experienced managers believe that the agricultural business is worth starting small and gradually increasing momentum.

As practice shows, farming can become a highly profitable activity over time, however, one should not forget about the existing risks (unsuitable weather conditions, poor harvest, animal diseases, etc.). For this reason, it is not recommended to apply to banks for loans and develop the economy with borrowed money.

Do not expect instant and big profits from your activity. In a competitive environment, an entrepreneur must provide consumers with inexpensive and high-quality products. For this reason, it is recommended to focus on the process of growing animals or crops in the initial stages. It is also recommended to find buyers who will provide continuous income. These can be large wholesale bases, supermarkets, market sellers. In addition to quality products, you should organize the delivery of products to customers, which will certainly take the business to a whole new level.

Frequently asked Questions

Consider the most common questions on the topic.

How is KFH different from LPH?

LPH is commonly understood as the management of personal subsidiary plots. This form of ownership allows any person who owns a personal plot or a small plot of land to work. LPH allows you to:

• not pay taxes;
• do not submit reports;
• get a loan from 300 to 750 thousand rubles for the development of the economy;
• legally use land plots not exceeding 2.5 hectares.

If an entrepreneur has formalized his activity in the form of private household plots, he will not be able to obtain quality certificates for his products, as well as declarations of compliance with its established norms and standards. This circumstance significantly reduces purchasing power. In addition, unlike a farming peasant economy, it is impossible to get a large loan for the development of private household plots.

Please note that private household plots do not provide legal grounds for hiring a person, and therefore wages are paid illegally. This form of activity is considered non-entrepreneurial, which is associated with the direct production of agricultural products and their processing. Farms are registered as individual entrepreneurs and allow entrepreneurial activities: production, storage, processing and legal sale of products.

Is KFH a legal entity or an individual?

Almost every novice businessman does not know whether the KFH is a legal entity or an individual? The state does not require farmers to register a legal entity, so most entrepreneurs draw up an IP. The system for accruing insurance, pension contributions, and taxes operates in such a way that farmers submit reports and enjoy the provided benefits on an equal basis with businessmen who have registered individual entrepreneurship.

Which taxation system to choose?

Representatives of peasant farms are recommended to choose ESHN (Unified Agricultural Tax). Taxation under the Unified Agricultural Tax is the best for farmers, since this scheme was originally developed to support peasant farms. Entrepreneurs pay the minimum tax under the so-called “profit minus expenses” system.

When paying taxes under the UAT scheme for the full tax period, a time period equal to 1 year is taken. The advance payment must be paid within half a year (reporting period). At the same time, the object of taxation is understood as the amount of income, which is reduced by the amount of expenses. Please note that the tax rate is 6%. ESHN replaces VAT, corporate property tax and income tax.

Which OKVED to choose for registration of a peasant farm?

For each type of economic activity there is a classifier - OKVED. For agricultural enterprises specializing in animal husbandry and crop production, this is the OKVED class - 01. Then there are subclasses. For example, if a farm raises animals for the subsequent sale of dairy products, you need to specify the code from 01.41.1 to 01.41.29; for the sale of meat products - from 01.42.1 to 01.42.12; for rearing artiodactyl animals - from 01.43.1 to 01.43.3, etc.

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It is easy to guess that many farmers choose for themselves KFH as the main form of business. This can be easily explained by the existing state programs to support agricultural enterprises and farms, both at the federal level and within a single region.

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Quite often we have to hear that farming is costly, too troublesome and generally very unprofitable. A completely opposite point of view is shared by a young farmer from Prechistensky rural settlement Vitaly Antipov, who has been growing potatoes for 7 years, and this year he registered his own peasant farm.

Crop production, whether it is the production of cereals or vegetables, always involves some risk. Since the result of a labor-intensive process depends not only on the knowledge of production technology, the experience and diligence of farmers. Not the last role in obtaining a high yield, and hence profit, is assigned to the correct selection of varieties of sowing crops. Often, the heavenly office also makes its own adjustments, the whims of which are not always possible to foresee. Every farmer must be mentally prepared for this, patiently overcome difficulties on the way to his goal, - Vitaly says not without optimism.

This enterprising and cheerful young man lives and works in the village of Bykovo. He grows potatoes, gradually increases the area of ​​cultivated land, tries new production technologies and does not complain about life at all - which, to tell the truth, is a rarity for beginning farmers. Of course, in his practice there have been failures more than once, there are many difficulties even now, this year's harvest did not live up to expectations, but he is not going to give up and fall into despair.

WHEN HELP IS REAL

Vitaly Antipov knows firsthand how difficult the bread of farmers is. He grew up in the countryside, in a family of rural workers. Since it is difficult to find a job in the rural outback, his older brother Maxim, together with his father, has been successfully growing cereals and sunflower for many years. From school, he developed the family agribusiness and Vitaly helped in the field, took on any job. And when it came time to decide on the choice of profession, a capable graduate of a rural school easily scored the required number of points in the trial exams of the Moscow Agricultural Academy. K. A. Timiryazev, which took place in Lipetsk. From a large list of proposed faculties, Vitaly chose the direction of economics and a few years later received a diploma in economics and management.

Having tried to realize himself in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation - the Central Territorial Administration of Housing, Vitaly realized once and for all that office routine work was not at all for him. Returning from Moscow to the village, together with his family he began to engage in agriculture. Once, having grown potatoes as an experiment on 1 hectare of land, he became convinced that growing vegetables is not so difficult, and most importantly, profitable. So he gradually increased production volumes, gained experience, studied the features of the second bread production technology, and expanded sales markets. Having learned that there are many programs for start-up entrepreneurs in the Lipetsk region, Vitaly turned to the district administration for advice and help a year ago, where the young entrepreneur was told how to start his own business. This year, V. Antipov took part in municipal and regional forums of young entrepreneurs, even became a participant in the regional stage of the Young Entrepreneur of Russia-2016 competition. Vitaly gathered a lot of necessary and interesting information for himself, the stories of successful development of farmers from other districts of the region inspired and strengthened the desire of the potato grower from Bykovo to work on the land and make a profit. So, with the help of specialists from the economics department of the district administration, V. Antipov prepared a business plan for the development of his business, collected the necessary package of documents and became a participant in the program to support young entrepreneurs, which provides for the provision of subsidies for the development of their own business from the federal and regional budgets. Vitaly has already received part of the funds, thanks to which he reimbursed the costs of purchasing a trailed potato digger for a tractor.

LOOKING FORWARD WITH OPTIMISM

Today, V. Antipov, at the age of 29, is the chairman of the peasant farm, a successful potato grower who looks to the future with optimism. He grows ware potatoes using a new Dutch technology on 9 hectares of land, which he has leased for several years. His family provides the guy with great help and support in his endeavors. Vitaliy is especially careful in selecting potato varieties, harvesting some of them from the previous crop, and buying new ones in advance. This year, a good harvest, although not as expected by the farmer himself, was given by Red Scarlett, Galla, Rosalind. From spring to autumn, the farmer himself daily takes part in all stages of production. During the season, only two people work in the field with him, but so far they are coping with the volume of work. Vitaliy sold a part of the harvested crop back in the fall, and sent a part for storage in a small vegetable store, which he also rented for the time being. As a rule, his regular customers are resellers, local residents, as well as the wholesale depot of the central city market of Lipetsk.

In the future, he hopes to have more customers, because he grows a natural product with minimal use of fertilizers and chemicals. The profit received today not only allows a young entrepreneur to fully provide for himself and his family, but also make big plans for the future. So, Vitaly Antipov is going in the near future not only to increase the planting area, but also to wash and pack potatoes in sealed plastic bags. For this, of course, additional funds are needed, and therefore the young man is going to take part in the state support program next year and receive a grant. Looking at Vitaly, a purposeful, self-confident, hardworking person, there is no doubt that only success lies ahead of him, which the editors of SV sincerely wish him.

Tatyana Rusova.