3 per cent of crops left to be harvested in Tatarstan

On September 13, at a weekly session held by Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov, it was reported that 40, 000 hectares of crops, or 3 per cent of the total area are left to be harvested in Tatarstan.

Tatarstan Minister of Agriculture Marat Akhmetov, who made report at the session, said due to favourable weather conditions last week, the area of 250, 000 hectares was harvested.

According to Marat Akhmetov, 30.2 thousand hectares of rape have been harvested with the average rape yield of 11.6 centners per hectare.

The harvest area of sugar beet made more than 9, 000 hectares (19 per cent of all crops).

Winter crops have been sowed at the area of 550, 000 hectares that makes 78 per cent of total planned area.