Purchasing milk prices have increased by a quarter and made 24,1 roubles per kg

On October 15, at a meeting at Tatarstan Government House held by President of the republic Rustam Minnikhanov, First Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food of the republic Nikolay Titov reported that purchasing milk prices have increased by a quarter and made 24,1 roubles per kg as compared to the previous year in Tatarstan.

According to Titov, 52 thousand hectares of sugar beet have been harvested in the republic. More than 1 mln and 850 thousand tones of products have been shipped, the average crop yield made 357 centners per hectare. Enterprises are working at full capacity processing 15 thousand tonnes of produce. The thrashing of corn is nearly completed, 75 thousand hectares have been harvested.