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The regional government reported that the Orenburg region is 96% provided with seeds of spring grain and leguminous crops for sowing in 2022. As for corn, sunflower and sugar beets, they plan to make up for the shortfall by purchasing them. The topic of the upcoming sowing season was discussed by journalists with the leading agricultural producers of the Orenburg region. It turned out that some farmers of the Orenburg region are waiting: now a lot depends not on them, but on the decisions of seed suppliers. Which, in turn, will not be determined in any way by how many percent to raise the price. But they definitely said that, despite the previously paid invoices under the contracts, they would not bring materials for the sowing campaign at the previous cost. There are two options: either pay extra, or we will return money to you instead of seeds. Whether it is worth it, the regional agricultural producers have not yet decided. - So far, according to the agreements concluded earlier, the seed supplier has raised the price by 15%, but we have not yet decided whether to pay extra or not. We secured ourselves, ordered seeds in the Kuban, domestic, but the volume is limited there - firms work on pre-order. There is still hope that those who planned to buy Russian seeds on credit will refuse or reduce the amount of purchases, then we will pick them up. There is still time to decide, - says Alexander Chasovskikh, an agricultural producer in the region. Andrey Mitin, the head of the peasant farm, found himself in a similar situation. He also paid for everything, but so far the delivery has stalled. But he does not lose hope: - We gave money for seeds a long time ago, but nothing is brought to us. For insurance, I bought buckwheat, chickpeas. All the same, we will sow everything, of course, for now the question is what exactly we will sow. Along with the increase in prices for imported fertilizers and seeds, some domestic suppliers raise prices and require a 100% prepayment, which has never happened before. Previously, agricultural producers could pay off after the harvest, in the fall. - Our equipment is also mostly domestic, if there is imported, then Chinese, they have not broken off relations with us, so far there is nothing to fear. Yes, and we have already repaired it, - says Sergey Mylnikov, head of the Pobeditel LLC farm. But not everyone was lucky. Comes to funny cases. For example, the Voronezh seeder, worth about one and a half million rubles, is assembled from Russian spare parts, except for two wheels, the size of a pan. They are from Italy. And now they are offering Orenburg farmers to buy these seeders, which are more than 400 at the plant, as is, without wheels. Guaranteeing that the missing spare parts will be delivered... The Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation proposed to limit the export of grain in order to protect the country's domestic market. According to the report of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), such a decision will increase prices in the world, which are already breaking all records, by 8 - 22%. According to Nikita Maslennikov, an expert at the Center for Political Technologies, Russia and Ukraine together provide about a quarter of the world's wheat supplies. Orenburg wheat is known worldwide for its high quality. Together with it, the region exports to Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Belarus, the USA, China, Italy, Japan and other barley, rye, fodder. At the same time, 100% providing domestic markets. Taking into account the fact that the state has provided options for helping farmers, but they approach purchases as entrepreneurs and will not meddle in a deliberately unprofitable business, it is possible that the market situation will be reformed. Our villagers are buying buckwheat, looking for something to replace sunflower and corn, if suppliers do not lower prices from heaven to earth. In the meantime, firms from the Krasnodar Territory enter the Orenburg region, with which locals are ready to work. In the end, if the seeds are equal in price to chickpeas, they will buy better. Or barley, although it has also become very expensive - 15 thousand rubles a ton, this, according to Orenburg residents, has never happened before. They are insured as best they can. And we are sure that they will really cope with the situation. Albeit with nerves and worries, but people who have been working on the Orenburg land for years know and will do their job.