Agriculture

Zajecar City possesses a significant potential for the continuous development of agricultural production. The area under agricultural land amounts to 70.000 ha, out of which the arable land covers the surface of 60.000 ha. Agricultural production is equally managed in individual and public sector, mainly farming, cattle breeding, viticulture and fruit growing. On the territory of the municipality there two prominent agricultural associations:

Agricultural property ``Zajecar``PLC, which is not entirely under private property (30% of the public capital is with the so called ``little shareholders``). Agricultural property ``Zajecar`` has at its disposal near 3.000 ha of arable land, mainly in use for farming and fruit growing. Beside the organized farming and fruit growing production, there is a farm for pigs fattening in Halovo. The annual crop that the association obtains amounts to over 8.000 tones of wheat, corn, sunflower and many other vegetable crops as well as near 300 tones of miscellaneous fruit cultures.

Agricultural production company ``Salas`` LLC is actually a former agricultural property ``Salas`` which had been privatized. The property was sold at an auction to the Belgrade company ``Agrosol``, owned by the successful Italian businessmen. The company solely deals with the organization of farming production and sheep breeding.

There are several academic and veterinarian institutions as well as pharmacies which operate with the aim of development and promotion of the agricultural production. Among others, we highlight the following:

Center for agricultural and technological research, implored in academic research and application of scientific knowledge in agricultural production and, it also successfully manages with the production of seeds, small grains, oil crops and vegetables.

Veterinary specialist institute, implored in various veterinarian services (animal origin food analysis for trichinosis and other diseases, animal feed analysis, performance of preventive actions and actions with the aim of animal health protection in the areas endangered by rabies and other diseases etc).

Veterinarian station ``Zajecar``, which offers all kinds of veterinarian services (preventive protection and treatment of diseased animals, artificial cattle insemination etc.)

Resource center for agricultural development and villages was opened in September 2005 and aims at providing necessary information, adequate training organization, promotion of cooperative organization, incitement of organic agriculture development. According to the defined base of raw materials, processing capacities for the food industry have been developed for processing of grains, meat, milk and beer:

United Serbian Breweries ``Zajecarsko`` PLC Zajecar, a brewery possessing the latest technology and supreme equipment in beer production and, yet, one of the oldest industrial plant at the municipality territory. The well-known products of the brewery are miscellaneous beer and juice brands meant for domestic and foreign market as well. 

Industry of milk and milk products ``IMLEK`` is a manufacturer of many different products: milk and milk beverages, butters, cheeses, baby and food for spreading. The attention grabbing fact is that ``IMLEK`` is the sole producer of the milk for infants (IMPAMIL) on the territory of Serbia. The annual production of pasteurized milk amounts to over 30.000 hectoliters. Upon the privatization process, the majority owner is an English company ``Salford``. IMPAZ became a consistent part of the system IMLEK at the end of 2006.

Mill - bakery company ``Zitopromet``, the largest manufacturer of flower, bread, pastry, pasta and other mill – bakery products on the municipality territory. ``Zitopromet`` realizes the annual production of over 10.000 tones of wheat flower. The company was sold for the amount of 550 million RSD at the end of July 2007.