Marat Akhmetov: Tatarstan livestock showed positive dynamics in the first half of 2015

On July 11, speaking at a regional meeting at Tatarstan Government House, Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of Agriculture and Food of the republic Marat Akhmetov said that Tatarstan livestock showed positive dynamics in the first half of 2015.

Akhmetov reported that 208,200 tonnes (live weight) of livestock and poultry or 102.5 per cent as compared with the same period last year was sold in the first half of 2015, with 171,100 tonnes accounted for agricultural associations and farms and 37,100 tonnes for personal farmsteads.

As many as 869,400 tonnes of milk, including 589,700 tonnes by agricultural associations and farms and 259,800 tonnes by personal farmsteads were produced in the first half of the current year. He continued to report that 594.3 million pieces of eggs were produced in the same period.

Akhmetov also announced the figures related to milk production in regions of the republic in the first half of the year. According to him, 36 of 43 municipal regions showed positive dynamics. He added that as many as 3,500 tonnes of milk are produced in regional agricultural associations daily.