The company "Private stud farm" Weeder", owned by the former mayor of Moscow, Yuri Luzhkov, has engaged in the production of buckwheat in the Kaliningrad region, according to Forbes , with reference to the press service of the regional government.

"Special production line has already been purchased and is currently mounted", - the report says. The press service also soobaet that on Monday, March 30, the company was visited by the Governor of the Kaliningrad region Nikolai Tsukanov. During the visit the head of the region to the plant Yury Luzhkov told him about the peculiarities of production of buckwheat.

According to Luzhkov, last year the company was proizveden about 600 tons of buckwheat. "At the request of the Governor, it was decided not to send the crop for export, and to start recycling in the region. For this purpose it was purchased equipment performance 900-1200 kg per hour. The company is ready to handle all the crap that will be grown in the region," the statement reads.

Luzhkov said that the facility must be operated around the clock, with its capacity allows to process grochau and with other farms in the region. "of 24 tons per day is more than necessary to support the field. So we bought this set, referring to the decision of a question on treatment of buckwheat, production of cereals for the whole region," he said.

The issues of packing grains the company also decided - it will be Packed in 50 kg bags, as well as partner companies in Kaliningrad will conduct more small packing.

Telling Nikolai Tsukanov about "Private stud farm" Weeder", Yuri Luzhkov stressed that the company is diversified and is also involved in horse breeding and sheep breeding. Sheep farm has more than 650 head of Romanov sheep breed, and in the future the company would like to expand the project, however, we need to solve the land question. The head of the region charged to assist in its decision the local selhozzapchastey.

The head of the region noted that in 2014 the company was given government assistance in the amount of more than 6 million rubles from means of the regional and Federal budgets.

"I'm doing everything to ensure the full development of the land to a single square meter is not empty, overgrown. I do everything in order to produce more grain, meat, came here to recycling technology", - said in a conversation with the Governor Luzhkov. He also expressed confidence that the Kaliningrad region is able to cope with the problem of import substitution.