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The farmer in the Šakiai district, Linas, shows beet mountains. The vegetable grower says there are as many as 1.5 thousand in these warehouses. tons of last year’s harvest. No one needs these vegetables now, so you will probably have to rot everything.
“Some are already composted, some are distributed, the other is still waiting for a miraculous buyer, which we will not find,” says farmer Linas Pukelis.
So far, the farmer says he has sold only 20 percent. Beets But you no longer know what to do with the rest of your own products. Many vegetables from the Pukeliai farm traveled to be sold abroad, for example, the Italians bought beets for processing, but when the Covid-19 virus caught on, there were no buyers there either. So the losses are huge.
Half a thousand tons of potatoes are being developed in another farmer’s warehouses in Šakiai district. The farmer is no longer considering where to help them.
“We try, we offer hunters, farmers, others who have animals, someone still takes it,” says L. Pukelis.
“Potatoes should be eaten during the month, because as we hope, at least for Paul’s indulgences, we will already have fresh ones. There will probably be discards, because the upper fractions of potatoes that were destined for razors, that is, the razors razors have practically stopped. Because restaurants, cafes, kindergartens, schools used to buy, “says farmer Juozas Pukelis.
Hundreds of tons of vegetables were left in warehouses by many Lithuanian vegetable producers due to quarantine. Due to the pandemic, one of the largest vegetable producers in the Pasvalys district would yield up to 400 tons of carrots. Farmer Morkūnas takes comfort in the fact that most of the carrots on his farm are sold to retail chains, so he suffered no significant losses.
And that leftover carrots for processing, onions would not be part of them that the farmer gave to charity. The pennies from the bag are symbolically given to the people by the farmers of Suvalkia. And that is what is translated into smoke.
“If you take 100 kg to a charity canteen, it is not the quantities, we are talking about 100 tons of the remaining vegetables, we are talking about drums, you need to take 2-3 drums, but there is no place to transport them. There is nobody, nobody needs them, ”said farmer Algimantas Morkūnas.
The only paradox is that farmers cannot donate in large quantities. The state has to pay for noble goals.
“There are nuances for charity. Because only a few tens of euros can be given to a person, and if only larger amounts, VAT must be paid. We also give charity and the state must pay VAT, “says A. Morkūnas.
Due to pandemic losses forced to count farmers, the government was quick to reassure. As soon as temporary state aid to eliminate the use of vegetables is considered, the Ministry of Agriculture has set aside between 130 and 230 euros per ton for farmers. Condition: vegetables must go to charity. And the compensation for translating to compost will be between 65 and 115 euros per ton.
“We distribute that money on a quarterly basis under 8 aid schemes, so if you looked until December 31, the government approved 174 million euros. It involves pigs, cattle, dairy and poultry, eggs and the same vegetables “says Agriculture Minister Andrius Palionis.
The ministry plans to start collecting applications from June. And support for vegetable producers would reach the third quarter of the year.
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