Minsagir Nurtdinov: Sugarbeet crop yield in Tatarstan is the highest this year

On November 26 at a meeting at Tatarstan Government House First Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food Minsagir Nurtdinov informed that sugarbeet crop yield in Tatarstan is the highest this year (383 centners per hectare). 2 mln tons of sugarbeet were harvested on the area of 55.3 hectares. 500 thousand tons were refined, 118 tons of sugar obtained.

Minsagir Nurtdinov noted that Tatarstan sugar refineries will not handle refining all sugarbeet, therefore capacities of Nizhny Novgorod and Ulyanovsk plants will be used.

As for other crops, there are some corn and sunflower left to harvest.

2.8 mln tons of grain were harvested in Tatarstan, the republic is fully provided with vegetables and potatoes. The gross product of regional agriculture is expected to make 150-152 bln rubles, total revenue - 64-65 bln rubles.

According to Minsagir Nurtdinov, the audit of agricultural production efficiency and analysis of staffing situation in agricultural industry are to be carried out in winter. Work on professional development of heads of agricultural enterprises and experts of the industry will be intensified.