The Ministry of Agriculture of the Kaluga region was engaged in digitalization of agrobusiness of the region

On May 27, 2019 the Omnicomm company announced projects of digitalization of agrobusiness in the Kaluga region. The Ministry of Agriculture of the Kaluga region consistently implements the agrarian policy directed to dynamic increase in production and ensuring food security of the region. The ministry supports implementation of IT developments among the regional agroenterprises, at the same time gives a priority to the Russian innovations. According to the national concept "Digital agriculture", IoT-solutions will become a basis for increase in productivity of the agricultural enterprises and will make the traditional industry more transparent and attractive to investments.

In the Kaluga region more than 300 agricultural enterprises and the companies of food and processing industry and also about 750 farms work. Practically all enterprises implementing investment projects with assistance of the regional Ministry of Agriculture began to implement IT. The range of their application is wide – exact agriculture, automated control systems for herd and accounting of breeding work, the equipment for equipment of production premises, milkings of cows, feedings of animals and a bird.

Thanks to measures of state support of IT are available not only to the large organizations, but also small rural business. The regional program "Creation of 100 Robotic Farms in the Kaluga Region" became one of examples. The robotic equipment increases competitiveness of small business in comparison with large-scale enterprises and also helps to increase to production volume up to 15% in comparison with traditional technologies (with other things being equal). Besides, the robotic equipment solves a problem of staff deficit and allows the farmer to manage successfully business even remotely. For this reason robots gain popularity among small and medium business which quickly reacts to advantages of the innovative solutions.

At the end of 2018, about 12.5% of milk of the total regional amount are received on 36 "smart farms" which use 128 robotic installations. Robotic technologies apply also large enterprises, for example, Kaluga Niva LLC uses a robotic dairy complex on 1800 heads. On a livestock complex 32 robotic Mlone GEA Farm Technologies installations are put into operation.

Leonid Gromov emphasized:

Digitalization of agriculture begins with applied IT which stimulate increase in productivity of the enterprises, help to spend more effectively resources, and, as a result, increase competitiveness of the Russian agrobusiness. We support all advanced agroenterprises of area which build business processes on the basis of the predicted and measurable parameters. In the long term we will create the transparent industry which will solve a national problem of food security and will become even more attractive to private investments. According to the results of the last decade we see impressive result therefore we will support digitalization in scales of all area much to increase the amount of investments, to provide further increase in production and to strengthen the export potential of the Kaluga agrobusiness. Leonid Gromov, Minister of Agriculture of the Kaluga region

For 2018 the investment volume into development of agriculture of the Kaluga region was 16.7 billion rubles, from them 8.4 billion rubles are means of private investors. On the state support of agriculture of the Kaluga region from budgets of all levels 3, 78 billion rubles, including of the regional budget - 1.19 billion rubles are transferred. At selection of state support the priority is given to those projects which implementation provides use of modern IT solutions.

The OMNICOMM company and local integrator "became one of participants of the regional program of digitalization of agriculture Omnikomm Systems". The IT developer equipped with the equipment navigation terminals and connected transport more than 400 pieces of equipment to the platform of monitoring. Molochnye aktivy LLC, one of the largest agroenterprises of area, equipped with telematics the park of tractors, milk tankers and passenger cars. According to economists, the company cut down expenses on fuel and on 20% for 50% increased labor productivity. One of the largest collective farms of area – the collective farm of Lenin – uses telematics of OMNICOMM for control of the processed areas and the executed volume of work and monthly saves up to 15% of expenses on fuel. The Kaluga machine and tractor station equipped with fuel level sensors and terminals special equipment – fuelers, combines and cargo transport in 2016. In addition to cost reduction for 20%, the enterprise uses data monitoring of transport for motivation of personnel as each worker sees real result of work in measurable indicators.

Dmitry Samoylov emphasized:

According to in Russia, saved – means, earned. The same principle works in digitalization of agriculture. The effective enterprises which use applied IT, for example, telematics receive fast, and, above all, measurable effect – reducing costs of fuel, maintenance, control work of personnel better. In general, economy reaches 20%, as a result, small and medium business can reinvest the saved means in increase in productivity, purchase of more modern equipment. Secondly, agrobusiness which operates with measurable indicators becomes more transparent and attractive to investors and also receives subsidies from the regional Ministry of Agriculture for development of the enterprise. All command of Omnikomm Systems is from the Kaluga region therefore it is completely submerged in the regional agrarian agenda and tasks of agricultural producers. We support a position of the Ministry of Agriculture in the field of digitalization and are ready to cooperation with the agroenterprises based on the Russian IT. Dmitry Samoylov, CEO of Omnikomm Systems

OMNICOMM and the local partner consistently implement telematic solutions among the largest agricultural producers of the Kaluga region. Omnikomm Systems cooperates with the producer of Asenyevsky Farm dairy products, the contract for the beginning of works on equipment of the equipment of Moloko Group company is approved. In April, 2019 the agro-industrial holding "Elinar" completed testing of the solution OMNICOMM in the division and is going to equip with telematics own vehicle fleet completely.