The acceptance of reconstructed dairy farms in the Vitebsk region will begin on August 25

August 18, Tolochin District / Diana Kurilo - BELTA/. The acceptance of reconstructed dairy farms in the Vitebsk region will begin on August 25. This was reported today to Prime Minister Mikhail Myasnikovich by the Chairman of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee Alexander Kosinets, BELTA correspondent reports. The readiness of the facility will primarily be assessed by its compliance with the design and estimate documentation. "There is no guarantee that all farms will receive readiness certificates on the first try. There will be remarks, and it will take time to eliminate them, but all planned facilities will be commissioned on time," Alexander Kosinets emphasized. In the Vitebsk region, 228 dairy farms are to be updated in 2012, of which 132 will be equipped with milk pipelines, 95 with milking parlors, and one will have a robotic complex installed. Currently, the readiness of construction and installation works averages 70.7%, and in some districts, such as the Orsha district, it is approaching 85%. The total design cost of the farm reconstruction works is estimated at Br955 billion. Br398.3 billion has already been utilized, with a quarter of the utilized amount being the own funds of agricultural enterprises. Enterprises are experiencing a shortage of funds - about Br197.2 billion - for the purchase of equipment on lease: 83 milking parlors, 78 milk pipelines, and other equipment. According to the Committee for Agriculture and Food of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee, as of May 1 of the current year, there were 850 dairy farms in the region, housing 220.8 thousand heads of cattle. In 2008, there were 1043 farms in the region, but the cattle population was 198.4 thousand. Of the total number of farms, 676 are currently equipped with milk pipelines, 167 have milking parlors, and robotic complexes have been installed on seven farms. In 2008, 21 farms were equipped with milking parlors, 534 had milk pipelines, and milking was done by bucket on 488. Currently, milking by bucket remains on 33 dairy farms. But as Alexander Kosinets emphasized, by the beginning of 2013, these farms will cease to exist. Some will be demolished or converted for technical purposes, others will undergo major technical modernization. The cattle housed on these farms will be transferred to renovated farms, where the number of cattle places is expected to increase in accordance with the design documentation. -0-