President of Tatarstan meets with representatives of the leading global producer of agricultural equipment

President of Tatarstan has met with representatives of John Deere company, the leading global producer of agricultural equipment. General Manager of John Deere Agricultural Holdings Inc Joseph Barrett, Director General of John Deere Russia Derek Budro, Aide to the Tatarstan President on economic issues Airat Khairullin, Director General of SEZ “Alabuga” Timur Shagivaleev were present at the meeting at the RT Government House.

The Tatarstan President noted that the American company John Deere is world-famous for quality and state-of-the-art technology level of products.

“During our visit to one of the company’s plants in USA we were impressed by the level of technology development. John Deere equipment that we use in Tatarstan is very reliable and high-performance,” Rustam Minnikhanov said.

President of Tatarstan said that modern agricultural equipment has completely changed the vision of agricultural labour. “Republican leadership encourages adoption of state-of-the-art technologies in agriculture,” Rustam Minnikhanov said.

General Manager of John Deere Agricultural Holdings Inc Joseph Barrett thanked Rustam Minnikhanov for attention given to the company and the visit to the American plant.

Joseph Barrett told about company’s activity and product line of John Deere agricultural equipment.

Prospects of cooperation between John Deere and Tatarstan were discussed at the meeting.