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 The agricultural sector of the Leningrad Region includes 217 agricultural farms, 10 fishing enterprises, five fish-breeding factories, 6,314 farms, 213,900 part-time farms, 20 food processing plants, including 12 dairy plants, six meat plants, and two canneries, 24 service enterprises, 29 vet clinics, 18 state seed inspections, and 17 other enterprises serving the agricultural sector.
The total area of farmland is 745,400 hectares, of which 423,800 hectares is plough-land. The average amount of farmland per farm is 2,500 hectares. The average area of a farm is nine hectares and of a personal farm, 0.19 hectares.
The agriculture in the Leningrad Region is very diverse. The crop production accounts for 16 percent of the commodity composition of output, and the animal industry for 74 percent; milk production accounts for 27 percent and egg production for 22 percent. The main crops produced in the Leningrad Region are potatoes, vegetables, and feed crops. Potatoes and vegetables are the most profitable products in the agricultural sector. In 1996, the region produced 699,000 tons of potatoes, 239,300 tons of vegetables, 469,500 tons of milk, 87,300 tons of meat, and 1,644 million eggs.
Latest Agricultural Growth Figures
Agricultural production
 (accounting for the 14 agricultural enterprises, situated on the territory of Saint-Petersburg)
The Leningrad region’s gross agricultural output in 2004 amounted to 25,4 billion rubles (or 98,2% of the 2003 level), including agricultural production - 10 billion rubles (94,4%) and stock-breeding – 15,4 billion rubles (101,2%).
Agricultural enterprises produced 63,4% (16,1 billion rubles or 102,7% of the 2003 level) from the total volume of agricultural production.
Grains
The Leningrad Region’s farms of every category produced 552,000 tons of grain (in the height after revision), that is 1,5 times more than in 2003; 471,000 tons of potato (73%), 255,400 tons of vegetables from the open and protected soil.
The share of the private farms and individuals is 74% in the total potato production and 41% in the vegetable production.
Agricultural enterprises produced 548,000 tons of grain cultures, that is 1,5 times more than in the last year, with the yield of crops 25 centners per one hectare (4,3 centners more than in 2003); 124,900 tons of potato (120,6%) with a yield of 147 centners per one hectare (11 centners lower that in 2003); picked up 124,900 tons of vegetables from the open soils (106,6%) with the yield of corps 382 centners per one hectare (19 centners more). 243,000 tons of vegetables were produced on protected soils, 8% lower than the 2003 level.
Cattle-Breeding
In 2004 158,500 tons of cattle and poultry beef were produced in the Leningrad Region - 105% of 2003 level (by agricultural enterprises – 144,500 tons or 107%), milk – 565,200 tons or 94% (by agricultural enterprises – 487,300 tons or 96%), 2 192 700 000 eggs or 102% (by agricultural enterprises – 2 155 000 000 eggs or 102%) |
