State Control notes the low efficiency of the Orsha poultry farm's activities

April 12, Vitebsk /Olga Bogacheva - BELTA/. The State Control Committee notes the low efficiency of Orshanskaya Poultry Farm OJSC. This was reported to a BELTA correspondent by the Vitebsk Oblast State Control Committee based on the results of a check of the open joint-stock company by specialists of the Orsha Inter-district State Control Committee. In particular, it was noted that Orshanskaya Poultry Farm was allocated Br880.3 million in 2010 and Br701.9 million in 2011 from the budget. Also, during these two years, credit resources totaling Br19 billion were allocated with state support measures. Despite the state support provided, the company failed to meet a number of its targets. For example, the actual volume of poultry meat production in 2010 was 68.1% of the target, in 2011 it was 86.2% of the target and 84% of the 2010 volumes. The target for grain production in barn weight was met at 89.7% in 2010, and for green mass procurement in 2011, it was only 53%. Over the past period, the financial condition of the enterprise has also deteriorated: the shortage of own working capital has increased 2.5 times, and the debt on loans and borrowings has increased 1.7 times. The profitability of sold products decreased from 0.9% in 2009 to 0.6% in 2010 and to 0.1% in 2011. "At the same time, along with objective factors (increase in the cost of feed, fertilizers, fuel and energy resources), the reasons that led to the deterioration of the factory's financial and economic situation include shortcomings and omissions in work," the committee emphasized. For example, the poultry farm did not fully implement the measures of the poultry development programs: the capacity of the poultry houses reconstructed in 2006-2010 was 300,000 heads instead of the planned 350,000 heads. The projected indicators for the productivity of laying hens and feed consumption were not achieved in all retrofitted poultry houses. Also, the planned transition to profitable poultry farming with a profitability of at least 20% was not ensured. During 2006-2010, the profitability of sold products was less than 1%. In 2011, measures for the reconstruction of two poultry houses for laying hens, a poultry house for rearing replacement young stock for 60,000 bird places, and a poultry meat slaughter and deep processing shop, provided for by the Poultry Development Program in Belarus for 2011-2015, were not completed. In addition, State Control Committee specialists note the inefficient use of technological equipment for deep egg processing worth Br3.2 billion, purchased in 2009 with state support. The actual output of products in 2010 was 50% of that provided for by the business plan for the equipment installation, and in 2011, it was 60%. The sale of egg processing products resulted in losses (Br437 million in 2010, Br653 million in 2011) instead of the planned annual profit of Br366.3 million. A number of other shortcomings in the work are also noted: failure to maintain the established norm for poultry mortality, failure to fully implement planned organizational and technical measures for energy saving, violations of labor discipline, etc. Based on the results of the inspection, six employees of the factory were subjected to disciplinary action for violations of labor and executive discipline, and administrative penalties were imposed on OJSC and three officials. Information on the results of the inspection was sent to the Committee for Agriculture and Food of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee for measures to eliminate the identified violations.-0-