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The cost of fuel for farmers in May fell to 39,950 rubles per ton. For comparison, the preferential price in April was 41,200 rubles.
On April 28, the Kazan State Agrarian University hosted the student labor detachment Zashchita. Rector Ayrat Valiev and vice-rector for infrastructure development and production activities Nailya Hamidullina met with the student team.
Today, the Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Tatarstan - Minister of Agriculture and Food of Tatarstan Marat Zyabbarov met with journalists in a video mode.
Despite the pandemic raging in the world, the farmers of Tatarstan are in the fields today. The fate of the harvest and the food security of our republic is in their hands. And, in spite of everything, the spring field work in Tatarstan is proceeding fast.
In recent years, a shortage of moisture has been observed in the republic almost every year, which is accompanied by a long dry period, high daytime temperatures, a decrease in relative humidity and a low content of productive moisture in a meter layer of soil during critical periods of plant development. For barley, this is May and June, when plants form reproductive organs and intensively increase the vegetative mass. To form 1 kg of barley grain, plants require up to 12 mm of moisture.
Today, the President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov got acquainted with the pace of spring field work in the Alkeevsky region. During the working trip he was accompanied by the Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Tatarstan - Minister of Agriculture and Food of the Republic of Tatarstan Marat Zyabbarov.
Minister of Agriculture Dmitry Patrushev held a regular meeting to monitor the situation with socially significant agricultural products and food. Tatarstan Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of Agriculture and Food of Tatarstan Marat Zyabbarov took part in this work.
Currently, weather conditions have paused field work in some areas of Tatarstan. Somewhere there is 5 cm thick snow. But farmers are optimistic.
The President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov has visited Almetyevsky region today. During the visit, he talked with farmers and got acquainted with the progress of spring field work. He was accompanied by the Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Tatarstan - Minister of Agriculture and Food of Tatarstan Marat Zyabbarov.
Today, active work is underway in Tatarstan on the preparation of spring grain seeds for the 2020 harvest. The testing of seed material intended for sowing this year is carried out by specialists of the FSBI Rosselkhoztsentr branch of Tatarstan.