A reception on behalf of the President in honor of the Day of the Worker of Agriculture and Processing Industry was held in the capital of the republic

8 October 2021, Friday

The annual harvest festival was held today in "Korston". Guests of the reception on behalf of the President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov were heads of investment companies, heads of agricultural divisions, industry veterans.

By tradition, at the very beginning of the event, the President of the Republic of Tatarstan, Rustam Minnikhanov, made a welcoming speech.

"The agro-industrial complex today is 8% of the employed population and about 6% of the gross regional product. The republic is one of the few regions of the country that is 100% self-sufficient in the main types of agricultural products, and therefore agriculture is a key branch of our economy," the President said.

Rustam Minnikhanov thanked the agroholdings (the largest investors) for high results - these are Agrosila, Ak Bars Holding Company, August - Agro, Krasny Vostok - Agro, Agroinvest, Khuzangaevskoye, Bio-Agro, Prodprogram. Rustam Minnikhanov also addressed words of gratitude to livestock breeders who retain Tatarstan's leadership in milk production. This year, the republic plans to produce 1 million 950 thousand tons of milk; 431 thousand tons of meat; 1.2 billion eggs. Among the advanced districts, Rustam Minnikhanov noted Kukmorsky as a leader in milk production, Atninsky as a leader in cow productivity, Baltasinsky district as it has the largest number of cattle, and Tukayevsky is the leader in industrial pig and poultry farming, Mamadyshsky district has provided the greatest increase in cattle meat production.

"Today, in a Message to the State Council of the Republic of Tatarstan, the President set new tasks for the agro-industrial complex. The prior issues are livestock restoration and agricultural insurance. Measures to increase the business activity of the rural population will also be continued.  All these measures are aimed at developing and improving the efficiency of the industry," Marat Zyabbarov said.

In the solemn part of the event, farmers, livestock breeders, machine operators, leaders of the agro-industrial complex, food and processing industries were honored. The Medal "For Services to the Republic of Tatarstan" was awarded to Alexey Manonin, Deputy General Director of JSC "RIVC". Tagir Khaertdinov, the leading agronomist of the agronomic service of the JALIL Agrofirm LLC, Lyubov Danilova, the operator of the machine milking of the farm "Suleymanov Akhtyam Ismagilovich", the driver of the Almenderovo truck fleet LLC "APAS-MOL", Zufar Garifullin, the mechanic of LLC "Nyrty" Rafis Shaidullin and other leaders of the agro-industrial complex also received their well-deserved awards.

"I have been working at an agricultural enterprise for 40 years, and I am very pleased that my work was noted and highly appreciated! It is unusual to receive an award from the president. I am glad that the results of our work, the work of ordinary rural workers are in demand, bring benefits!", one of the awardees Rafis Shaidullin shared his emotions.

The most significant contribution to the republican loaf was made by agricultural enterprises of Chistopol, Alekseevsky, Arsky districts. Behind these results there is a lot of work of collectives - combine harvesters, machine operators, agronomists, engineers and managers. The use of new technologies and teamwork allowed agricultural enterprises to achieve good yields.

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