The St. Petersburg company "Pulkovo" construct in the Novgorod region pig total value of 2.9 billion rubles, told ITAR-TASS in the press service of the Governor of the region on Thursday. The complex is designed to 2520 sows performance 62 thousand heads per year.

"We are ready to support the initiator of this project in the amount of 2 billion rubles. Today is a very important project not only for the Novgorod region and the whole of the North-West, at least, is brought to the press service of the President of Northwest savings Bank Dmitry Kurdyukova.

The company, which will be built in Parfino district, is the second investment project of the St. Petersburg holding in the Novgorod region. The first, built in Kresttsy area in 2014, we plan produces 6.9 thousand tons of pork per year.

According to the regional Department of agriculture and food, in 2014-2016 year in industry in the Novgorod region will be invested 5.3 billion rubles. The total amount of annually produced in the region of pork will increase from 30 tons to 53 thousand