Tatarstan's grain harvest reaches 4 million tonnes this year

Tatarstan's grain harvest has reached 4 million tonnes this year. Tatarstan's head, Rustam Minnikhanov, said at a ceremony in Kazan Expo marking the Day of Agricultural and Processing Industry Workers that the republic's agro-industrial complex continues to operate steadily despite difficult conditions.

Minnikhanov said 2.5 million tonnes of sugar beet, 1.2 million tonnes of potatoes and vegetables, and over 1 million tonnes of oilseeds are planned for harvesting this year. He also noted that sufficient feed has been prepared to keep livestock productively through winter.

Minnikhanov thanked oil companies for providing discounted diesel fuel to rural residents. He said this helped prevent a sharp rise in prices and allowed farmers to carry out seasonal field work on time. The republic's livestock sector is planned to produce 2.5 million tonnes of milk, over 500,000 tonnes of meat and 2 billion eggs this year, according to the report from the republic's press service.