1.1 million tonnes of sugar beet supplied to sugar mills in Tatarstan
8 November 2014, Saturday
On November 8, speaking at a regional conference with participation of all municipal regions held by Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov, First Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food of the republic Nikolay Titov reported that 1.1 million tonnes of sugar beet have been supplied to sugar mills and 107,000 tonnes of sugar have been produced in Tatarstan as of November 8.
Nikolay Titov said that 1.5 thousand hectares of sugar beet, 14.4 thousand hectares of grain maize and 32 thousand hectares of sunflowers are left to be harvested in the fields.
Speaking about main indicators related to production of agricultural products in ten months of 2014, Titov reported that 285 thousand tonnes of cattle and poultry (100 per cent as compared to 2013), 953.3 thousand tonnes of milk (105% as compared to 2013), 661 3 million pieces of eggs (103% as compared to 2013) have been produced during this period.
Titov made a detailed report on production of milk in the republic in October and presented data on weighted average purchase milk prices in the regions of the Volga Federal District.
Tatarstan President's Press Office, Elena Britvina
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