Rais of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov visited Menzelinsky and Muslyumovsky districts today. On the trip, he was accompanied by Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Tatarstan - Minister of Agriculture and Food of the Republic of Tatarstan Marat Zyabbarov. During the visit, the pace of the sowing campaign was assessed.
The meeting with farmers in the Muslyumovsky district took place on a field near the village of Urazmetyevo. Rustam Minnikhanov was informed that the sown area this year amounted to 75 thousand hectares, of which 13 thousand are winter crops and 59 thousand are spring crops. To date, farmers have sown 82%. 160 units of equipment and about 250 people are involved in the work. Within 3-4 days, it is planned to complete the sowing work. On average, 97 kg of mineral fertilizers have been accumulated per hectare.
Rustam Minnikhanov noted the high performance of the Muslyumovsky district. “We see how the work is organized in the region, everything is very well coordinated”.
Then Rustam Minnikhanov visited the August-Muslum dairy complex. The agricultural company was founded 5 years ago. This is the first agricultural enterprise of the August-Agro holding in Tatarstan. Today, 4 thousand 127 heads of cattle are kept here, of which 2 thousand 247 are dairy cows. The daily milk yield exceeds 63 tons.
Rustam Minnikhanov was told about the new dairy complex, which was built in two phases, for 1,200 forage cows each, and implements monoblock technology, unique for Russia. This approach saves time and money for the construction of the facility. Another innovation of the complex is the automatic cross-ventilation system. It completely controls the microclimate.
The complex has 18 robotic milking units. Today it is one of the highest rates in terms of the number of robots on farms in Russia. On the second stage of the complex, a carousel for 40 places is installed, where three-time milking is carried out.
In the Menzelinsky municipal district, Rustam Minnikhanov inspected the fields of the district from a helicopter, assessed the volume of sowing, talked with machine operators and representatives of the district's activists, and thanked everyone for their work.
The area of agricultural land is 97.7 thousand hectares. Spring field work is proceeding according to the schedule, it takes about three more days to complete the work on the established areas.
Further, Rais of Tatarstan visited the dairy complex of Kamsky Bekon LLC, where he got acquainted with the current situation and the main indicators of the enterprise.
Recall that in the Menzelinsky district there is a separate subdivision of Kamsky Bekon LLC. The main direction is dairy and pedigree animal husbandry.
This division cultivates 13.8 thousand hectares of arable land in the Menzelinsky district. Today, 8667 head of cattle are kept here. At the end of 2022, 10 thousand tons of milk and 207 tons of meat were produced. The dairy complex consists of 12 buildings, including buildings for keeping young animals, several milking buildings, a maternity complex and other outbuildings.