In 3 months of 2021, 446 thousand tons of milk were produced in Tatarstan
This was announced at a meeting of the Committee on Ecology, Nature Management, Agro-industrial and Food Policy of the State Council of the Republic of Tatarstan by Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food of the Republic of Tatarstan Rishat Khabipov.
In the first quarter of this year, the financing of the state program "Development of agriculture and regulation of agricultural products, raw materials and food markets in the Republic of Tatarstan for 2013-2025" amounted to 1.5 billion rubles, including more than 324 million rubles from the federal budget (subsidies for the development of crop production and animal husbandry, for technical re-equipment of agricultural production, support for small businesses, etc.).
"Since 2017, the republic has been implementing a mechanism of preferential lending, agricultural producers annually receive preferential loans at a rate of 1 to 5%. To date, more than 65% of the annual subsidy limit has been disbursed. 130 borrowers for 8.1 billion rubles applied to banks for preferential investment loans, including 97 applications for 641 million rubles for small businesses, " he said.
Sowing works in the republic have already been completed. The area of crops in 2021 was 2.8 million hectares (same as for 2020). For the harvest of 2021, 552 thousand hectares of winter grain crops were sown.
According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Food of the Republic of Tatarstan for 3 months of this year, 446 thousand tons of milk were produced in all categories of farms, 122.3 thousand tons of livestock and poultry were grown. 343.3 million eggs were produced.
During the meeting, the parliamentarians also discussed the issue of keeping stray animals.