Even despite the readiness of the Kaliningrad state farm, Yuri Mikhailovich, to fill the capital with buckwheat, and without any assistance from. Such are the cases, complained the ex-mayor. He wants his enterprise's products "to get into retail, in" Pyaterochka "," Kopeyki ". The state farm can supply up to 1,500. tons of cereals a year, told Luzhkov in an interview with RIA Novosti. Only now the trouble: recently, consumers have become more likely to choose not buckwheat, and oatmeal. The reason - high prices for your favorite cereals. The cost of buckwheat is two times higher than oatmeal, and "the people began to save on food," explained the former Moscow mayor, and now the peasant. In 2017 year. state farm Luzhkov collected 10 thousand. tons of grain - wheat, barley, buckwheat. Such a crop can provide two thirds of the entire demand of the Kaliningrad region in this product, said the ex-mayor. However, his business in agriculture so far brings only losses, admitted Luzhkov. Now "investments are required before reaching the pay-off period," he added.. The wife of Elena Baturina asks him what he is doing - a hobby or a business. But this can not be called an enthusiasm, because 126 people work in the state farm. Therefore, his wife - a business woman - Yuri Mikhailovich answers, "that this is a hobby that turns into business". And she laughs, said Luzhkov.

However, the former mayor of Moscow is not going to stop. He has far-reaching plans to expand the geography of beekeeping. And since the apiary in the Kaluga region remained only a hobby, he seriously thought about creating a second one - in the Kaliningrad region. In addition, "bees and for nature are useful, and will help increase the yield of buckwheat", - said Luzhkov. Only now, will not it cause a "new" hobby, turning into a business "homeric laughter at Baturina.