Lukashenko in Pinsk District on working visit

The head of state is set to visit the Parokhonskoye agricultural enterprise to study its production activities and development prospects, as well as seed production of perennial grasses. The visit will also focus on this year’s grain harvest and the progress of farm work in Belarus in general and Brest Oblast and Pinsk District in particular.

Another topic of the current working trip is land relamation. Aleksandr Lukashenko is expected to inspect the land reclamation equipment used in the Parokhonskoye agricultural enterprise.

The Belarusian leader is also set to pay attention to a number of social security issues.

The Parokhonskoye agricultural enterprise is located at the site of the former swamps of the floodplains of the Pripyat, Yaselda and Bobrik rivers. In April 1974, the first 2,500 hectares were transferred for agricultural work to the Parokhonsky state farm. Land reclamation works lasted for 10 years, until 1984. The process resulted in the establishment of the Parokhonsky state farm with the total amount of reclamation lands at 14,000 hectares, including 12,400 hectares of agricultural lands.

The enterprise survived the difficult period of the first half of the 1990s, when it witnessed a sharp decline in production. With government support, the enterprise started purchasing new equipment, resumed land reclamation works, and built livestock breeding complexes.

Today the enterprise has a cattle herd of 26,500 head. The total land area is almost 26,600 hectares, including about 20,000 hectares of farmlands. In 2023, the enterprise produced about 53,000 tonnes of milk with milk yield of more than 10,000 kg per cow, sold over 7,000 tonnes of beef with an average daily weight gain of 950gr.

Proceeds from sales amounted to Br109 million. Revenue per employee made up Br158,000 with an average monthly salary of Br2,150. Profit exceeded Br14 million with profitability at 17.5%. The enterprise's revenue makes it possible to pay loans, borrowings, leasing obligations, carry out expanded reproduction, purchase machinery, and build production facilities. Accordingly, the social sector of the agro-town of Parokhonsk in Pinsk District received additional sources for development.