Technology, experience and dedication help develop agriculture in Nesvizh region

Correspondents of the "SG" spent a working day with workers of fields and farms of the Nesvizh district: the mood of all responsible, upbeat

This year, workers of the agro-industrial complex of Nesvizh district were awarded the President’s Gratitude for their contribution to the development of the industry and high production results. The district also fully complied with the order of the Head of State to transfer livestock to modern livestock facilities. According to the results of ten months of 2026, the growth rate of livestock production amounted to 110.9 percent. On the eve of the Day of Agricultural and Processing Industry Workers, the correspondents of SG spent a day in Nesvizh district and learned what is behind the high performance of labor collectives and the achievements of people who daily ensure the result.

Working time of the chairman of the Nesvizh district executive committee Andrei Ratomsky is painted not just by the hour - literally by the minute. Yet in a busy schedule, the executive finds time to talk to reporters, especially since he seems willing to talk endlessly about agriculture.

- I've given it years. After graduating from the Grodno State Agricultural Institute, he returned as a young specialist to the Nesvizh district, he says. - 16 years in charge of agricultural enterprises. Therefore, on the one hand, it is easier for me to understand the problems of the industry, and on the other hand, I feel a special responsibility to people. And the people here are wonderful, so look for them!

Agriculture forms about 35 percent of the region's economy, the chairman of the district executive committee notes. However, the real contribution of the industry is much wider: the share of processing of agricultural products in the industrial structure is 65 percent.

- The same Gorodeysky Sugar Plant, Nesvizh Baby Food Plant, Oblrapsagroservice and other enterprises process agricultural products. Therefore, it would be wrong to limit only the indicator of direct production, the head explains. Just a couple of days before our meeting, a regional seminar on the results of the livestock industry was held in the district. The venue for such a large-scale event Nesvizhchin was not chosen by chance: in recent years, this industry is being actively modernized here. Reconstruction, construction of modern livestock facilities allow to improve the conditions of keeping livestock, increase production efficiency.

This year, the district will completely abandon tethered content.

- The introduction of new livestock facilities requires serious work to increase the number of livestock, notes Andrei Ratomsky. In just ten months of this year, the number of cattle increased by more than a thousand heads compared to the same period in 2025. Including cows increased by 529 heads. Milk production was 105.8 percent compared to last year’s level, we increased by 188 kilograms per cow, while constantly adding dairy herds.

Despite the already achieved high rates, crop production is also increasing. This year, the production of this industry increased by 18.1 percent compared to 2025. Back in July, local farmers were the first in the Minsk region to overcome the mark of 100 thousand tons of milled grain together with rapeseed, today the gross grain harvest, taking into account rapeseed and corn, amounted to 256.3 thousand tons. The yield of oilseed crops reached 52.6 centners per hectare, in some farms - 59 centners. Sugar beets collected more than 700 centners per hectare. With the director of JSC "17 September" Artem Shestaperov we meet on the eve of a significant event. By the order signed by the Head of State on November 10, 2026, the President’s Gratitude was announced to him for conscientious work, achievement of high production indicators and personal contribution to the development of the agricultural sector. However, speaking about the award, Artem Yurievich first of all notes the merits of the team:

- Over the past 6 years, we have doubled the production of gross output. The number of cattle increased from 4.5 thousand heads to more than 7.4. The number of employees and labor productivity increased. We are actively building and reconstructing livestock facilities, revised the structure of sown areas and tripled the area for winter rapeseed. At the heart of all decisions is the economy of the enterprise. We have placed our bet on livestock and are building a development strategy with this priority in mind.

The head assesses the state of the economy succinctly: the company confidently stands on its feet.

- We increase the livestock, we increase production, emphasizes Artem Shestaperov. The average salary in the farm is about 3 thousand rubles. Timely repair equipment, buy seeds, fertilizers, plant protection products and everything necessary for work. Of course, it's not easy, but we do. Starting from 2021, we annually introduce new facilities, which are a contribution to the future of the enterprise and its further development.

On the prospects, the director of OJSC "17 September" speaks equally confidently. He has been working in the agricultural sector for a quarter of a century and sees how the domestic agriculture is changing

Agricultural production is impossible to imagine without advanced technologies, modern technology and effective solutions. But there are people behind all this. Therefore, our main task is to create conditions in which specialists will be able to work effectively, and young people will see the future and connect their future with this industry. The question of why he chose the agrarian industry as the business of his life, the veterinary paramedic of Lan Nesvizh JSC Egor Klokel always listens with slight bewilderment. Explains: Other professions are not considered.

- I have a whole family working on this farm, he says with a smile. My grandfather works as an engineer, my father works as a deputy director, my mother runs a dining room, my second grandfather works as a driver. Where do you think I wanted to go to work a year ago after the Lyakhovichi State Agrarian College?

- Sometimes it happens, the interlocutor does not hide. Dad is responsible for the veterinary service of the company, so he has a special attitude to me: he demands more, makes more comments. But it's only good: I'm going to get into the profession faster and deeper.

Talking about the nearest plans, Egor first of all talks about admission to the university. Continue studying at a higher educational institution plans and his colleague Ksenia Podomatko. She arrived at the farm a few months ago. He speaks of the profession with great enthusiasm:

- I always wanted to become a veterinarian and worked hard to achieve my goal. In the lyakhovichi college studied at a course younger than Egor, with him went to the gym. I wanted my first job to be OJSC Lan Nesvizh, and I have never regretted it. Even though I am from Nesvizh, here I was provided with housing. The conditions, the team - everything is fine.

- When you get a university diploma, will you go to the veterinary clinic to treat pets.

- Well, I like more cows, – retorted Xenia. Have you seen what kind eyes they have?

In the cohort of young specialists of the agricultural enterprise and mechanical engineer Nikolai Prokopovich. The young man admits that he is only mastering the profession. At the same time, he notes that senior colleagues are very helpful in this.

- I was well received here, if you need advice or support, I can always turn to senior comrades, he says. All conditions for work have been created, service transport takes from Nesvizh and brings it to the place. Further, it already depends on you, how you show yourself, how much you want to develop, how responsibly you will treat the case.

Mechanical engineer of JSC "Lan-Nesvizh" Nikolai Prokopovich. The dictatorship of technology ... Discussing with the chief agronomist of SEC "Agrocombinat Dreams" Alexander Shamanov about what agriculture can be attractive for young people, we come to the conclusion: modern technological solutions, the possibility of professional growth and great prospects. In terms of the level of development of crop production, our country today is not inferior to European countries. And the culture of agriculture sometimes Europeans should learn from us, the chief agronomist emphasizes. Speaking about his professional path, Alexander Shamanov jokes: he was born in Dream - here he came in handy. With the choice of profession, he said, he did not think for a long time: in school he was good at chemistry and biology, and his parents worked almost all their lives at the agricultural plant.

- He started as an agronomist and learned a lot from his senior colleagues. In 2013, I was appointed chief agronomist, the source said. — I confess, at first I was worried: when the management proposed to head the agronomic service of the economy, I thought whether I could maintain the high figures achieved before me. But time teaches and chooses us, it puts everything in its place.

Today, the production cooperative confidently holds leadership positions. On the results of this season, the chief agronomist says with satisfaction:

- This year everything turned out well: enough precipitation fell, the required amount of active temperatures formed, the selected varieties and hybrids showed themselves well. In the end, we got a decent harvest. Potatoes yielded more than 700 centners per hectare, corn per silage - 523, grain - 176, sugar beets - 980 centners per hectare.

However, Alexander Shamanov sees the main secret of success not only in favorable weather. The result is based on strict technological discipline and exact compliance with all requirements. With the observance of technology as one of the main components of success, the operator of machine milking of OJSC "New Life" Elena Petrenko begins the conversation. At the ITF "Zhankovichi" she has been working since its opening and all these years has been consistently among the leading companies.

- For more than ten years I worked in the trade sphere of the Osipovichi district, she recalls. The circumstances were such that I had to move here. The job was chosen taking into account the shift schedule: you had to take care of your father. The farm gave our family a house, ten years later we bought it. I have been here for 23 years now and I have never regretted that this is how life turned out.

Together with their partner, they serve 480 cows. On average, 24 to 30 kilograms are received from each day, and all milk is sold in the extra variety.

- There is nothing complicated here: it is important to strictly observe the milking technology, correctly perform the necessary procedures, the operator explains. No matter how modern the equipment, a lot still depends on the person. Once again we are convinced of this, communicating with the mechanizer of OJSC Nesvizhsky Islands Ivan Lugovsky. In the season he works on the sprayer, this year he has processed 10 thousand hectares.

- More than two decades ago, I moved here from the Gomel region, says the mechanizer. At home, he worked in an agricultural enterprise for several months, then moved to a meat factory. And here I finally decided: I will work on the earth. I was given a home and my wife had a job. All three of our children were born here, growing up and studying.

What qualities should a person who works in agriculture have.

- The main thing is hard work, love of the land and responsibility, Ivan Ivanovich argues. Here you need to give everything, feel the technique and understand each process. If you do everything through the sleeves, then there will be no result.

This can be applied to everyone we met in Nesvizh district in a day. Each of them deserves a different story. There are so many notes and impressions left in the journalistic notebook that it would be enough for a few more stories about people who are burning with their work, love their profession and rejoice in the results of their work. How else? There is no other way in agriculture.

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