About 800,000 hectares have been threshed, producing 2.15 million tonnes of grain in Tatarstan

18.08.2018

On August 18, speaking at a meeting at the Government House of the republic, Tatarstan Minister of Agriculture and Food Marat Akhmetov reported on the progress made in the harvesting campaign.

The harvesting of spring grain crops is underway in the republic. As of today, about 800,000 hectares of 56 per cent of the area (without corn) have been threshed, producing 2.15 million tonnes of grain, the Minister reported. 

The average yield makes 27.2 centners per hectare in the republic, while in 2017 this indicator was 35.5 centners per hectare.

According to Akhmetov, this year the yield is moderate throughout the country and is 8.5 centners per hectare less as compared with a year earlier.  

"The current week was not very favorable for productive work, nevertheless grain growers in Nurlat region of the republic have harvested almost 24 per cent of the area, with more than 22,000 tonnes threshed over the last five days," Akhmetov said as an example.


Tatarstan President's Press Office, Elena Britvina