On September 19, speaking at a regional video conference at Tatarstan Government House, Acting Deputy Prime Minister – Acting Minister of Agriculture and Food of the republic Marat Akhmetov said that the gross grain harvest amounted to 3.4 million tonnes in Tatarstan.

According to Akhmetov, last week’s favorable weather conditions made it possible to complete the harvest of grains.

He reported that the gross grain harvest amounted to 3.4 million tonnes, with the yield making 21.7 centner per hectare. As for the corn, the estimated amount of crop is 150 thousand tonnes. There are more than 100 thousand tonnes of threshed grain in 11 Tatarstan regions. Arsk (over 150,000), Aktanysh (141,000), Tukaevsk (133,000) and Buinsk (120,000) regions have the highest harvest indicators.