He sold five heads these days, so he started buying calves for the new season. It takes 10 to 12 months for a calf to reach a bull to reach a weight of 550 to 600 kilograms. Despite the difficult conditions of agricultural production and the increase in the price of raw materials, young Milekić sees perspective and profitability in fattening cattle.
“You can survive in fattening cattle, if you work smart. The price per kilogram is two euros, but on the other hand, oil and raw materials have become more expensive, so the costs of food production are significantly higher. We have to manage as we know how, but in one thing I am sure of, there is no giving up, “this young farmer told RINA.
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He sees the key to survival in this livestock production, first of all, in state subsidies, which are a wind in the back of young people in the countryside.
“I use subsidies for fattening cattle, if it weren’t for them, honestly, it would be difficult to survive. Incentives are 15,000 dinars per head sold and they really mean a lot. When it comes to aid from the city of Cacak, we get 50 percent for purchased cattle, at most 500,000 dinars,” he says. Milekic.
One of the major problems facing young farmers in villages in western Serbia, such as Nemanja, is fragmented holdings.
“We don’t have a lot of land, what we have is fragmented and scattered, and there is no state land in the area so you can use it. The key to survival is large areas like those in Vojvodina, we don’t have it here, but we have fertile Moravian land ideal for growers.” We who deal with fattening cattle, rent plots to produce enough fodder and make this production profitable, “said Nemanja.
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When asked what the village where he lives lacks the most, Nemanja says that these are young people like him who decide to start their lives in rural areas. He is one of the few.
“I chose to stay in the village and start this story, but those who live in the city must have the wind in their backs. Give young married couples with children and without children abandoned houses and a piece of land, enable them to use subsidies or reliefs when taking out a loan, to start production. Then the villages will be rejuvenated, the rural schools will work again, and the cooperatives will sprout on their own, because then they will really need everyone to unite and fight for common interests, to sell what they have produced well.
On the other hand, the villages of Serbia are beautiful and smart young people should take the opportunity because we have huge tourist potentials and sources of healthy drinking water at every step, with joint efforts and with the help of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management and the newly established Ministry of Village Care. succeed “, adds Nemanja Milekić.
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