Marat Akhmetov: Harvest campaign nearly completed in Tatarstan

On August 31 at a regional meeting at Tatarstan Government House Deputy Prime-Minister – Tatarstan Minister of Agriculture and Food Marat Akhmetov reported that harvesting is almost completed with about 2% of areas (35 thousand hectares) to be harvested.

The meeting headed by Tatarstan Prime-Minister Ildar Khalikov was traditionally held in a videoconference format with participation of all municipalities. Besides, the meeting was broadcast online (www.prav.tatarstan.ru)

Marat Akhmetov reported that 2.8 mln tonnes of grain were threshed. Average crop yield made 18.5 centners per hectare in Tatarstan. Some municipal districts demonstrated high crop yield and threshing. Aznakaevsky (26 centners per hectare), Buinsky (24 centners per hectare), Zainsky (21.5 centners per hectare), and Aktanyshsky (21 centners per hectare) districts are among them.

Head of Tatarstan Ministry of Agriculture and Food also reported that the area of winter crops made 440 thousand hectares. He asked to speed up harvesting in some districts. At the same time, Marat Akhmetov noted that it will not significantly influence crop volumes in general.