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The Ministry of Agriculture and Food of the Republic of Tatarstan informs that from October 4 to 13, the Ministry of Agriculture of Russia will hold the Agricultural Week for the first time, including a series of business, specialized and cultural events for industry professionals, residents and guests of the capital. Today, Minister of Agriculture Dmitry Patrushev discussed issues related to the preparation of the Week with the Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Alexei Gordeev, who supported the event and expressed his readiness to take part in it.

On September 14, with the support of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food of the Republic of Tatarstan, equestrian competitions dedicated to the “Horse Day” will be held in the village of Novy Kirlay of the Arsk region of Tatarstan. The grand opening of the event is at 11 a.m.

On September 13, at 11.00, the Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Tatarstan - Minister of Agriculture and Food of Tatarstan Marat Akhmetov will open the final of the rural sports games Avyl Yashlyar.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Food of the Republic of Tatarstan invites guests and residents of Kazan to visit the grape exhibition on September 15. The organizers of the exhibition are the vineyard club “Kazan Vine” and Kazan State University.

On September 11, a seminar-meeting on the cultivation of corn and sunflower was held on corn fields near the village of Chuvash Brod, Alkeevsky District. The workshop was actively attended by the Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food of the Republic of Tatarstan Ildus Gabdrakhmanov, the head of the Alkeevsky District Alexander Nikoshin and the academician of the Russian Academy of Agricultural Sciences Vladimir Sotchenko.

Since September 14, traditional fall agricultural fairs will start in Tatarstan. This year, 19 sites will be involved in the sale of agricultural products. This was announced at a press conference in the Tatar-inform news agency by the head of the food market development department of the Ministry of Agriculture of the RT Dmitry Yashin. He emphasized that this project has social significance both for citizens and agricultural producers, who can sell their products without intermediaries, and also not pay for a trading place, which significantly reduces the cost of production.

Fall is on its way. This is the time when farmers are summing up the results of the year in the fields.

Today, the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Tatarstan summed up the results of the livestock industry for 8 months of 2019. The meeting was held by Nazip Khazipov, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food of the Republic of Tatarstan.

In the republic, grain crops are threshed from 1 million 345.9 thousand ha, which is 95% of all harvested areas. The gross grain harvest exceeded 4 million tons.

On Saturday, September 14, from 6 a.m in Kazan, Naberezhnye Chelny, in the village of Oktyabrsky Zelenodolsky district (trade and fair complex "New Tura"), traditional fairs will begin to sell agricultural products and food for everyday consumption. Agricultural fairs are traditionally appreciated by citizens, especially the older generation, they are in good demand and are of great social importance.