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The Ministry of Agriculture and Food of the Republic of Tatarstan informs that authors of at least three publications are invited to participate in the competition "My Land - Russia", aimed at highlighting the development of rural areas within one of the nominations; editorial offices of the media and higher agricultural educational institutions; bloggers, owners of publics on social networks and YouTube channels. Also, for the third year in a row, photographers can submit their works to the competition - the best sketches on the theme of rural life will become participants in a large-scale photo exhibition. To date, 16 participants from Tatarstan have already registered for the competition.

162 applicants who received state support from the Ministry of Agriculture and Food of the Republic of Tatarstan within the National Project "Small and Medium Enterprises and Support for Individual Entrepreneurial Initiatives" this year are engaged in horse breeding and beekeeping, raise marketable fish, grow vegetables, and also work in meat and dairy farming.

In the Republic of Tatarstan, 1.5 million hectares of grain and leguminous crops have to be harvested, including: winter wheat - 361 thousand hectares, winter rye - 110 thousand hectares, spring wheat - 413 thousand hectares, barley - 468 thousand hectares, peas - 60 thousand hectares.

In Tatarstan, 200 grants of 100 thousand rubles each have been established to encourage the best combine operators. This was announced by Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Tatarstan - Minister of Agriculture and Food Marat Zyabbarov today at a meeting in the House of Government of the Republic.

21 milking machine operators and 10 artificial insemination technologists of the Apastovsky district competed in professional skills. The competition took place at a livestock farm in the village of Burnashevo.

By May order of the minister, a working group was created in the republic on the introduction of digital technologies in dairy farming. In 2.5 months, the herd management program was installed in 30 farms, which is 71% of the plan. Also 20 farms - that's 48% - organized the work of feed mixers through a feed management program.

Nikolai Skokov, a horse breeder from Novosheshminsk, to the delight of all lovers of Orlov trotters, revived the Tatar stud farm No. 57, which is located in the village of Sloboda Petropavlovskaya.

Receiving a grant from the Ministry of Agriculture and Food of the Republic of Tatarstan within the National Project "Small and Medium Enterprises and Support of Individual Entrepreneurial Initiatives" under the "Agrostartup" program allowed the beekeeping farm of IK Falyakhov in Mamadyshsky district to improve the material base with a subsequent double increase in honey production.

Today Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Tatarstan - Minister of Agriculture and Food of Tatarstan Marat Zyabbarov held a working meeting with the heads of regions of the republic and heads of agricultural departments in the videoconferencing regime.

Today, Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Tatarstan - Minister of Agriculture and Food of Tatarstan Marat Zyabbarov paid a working visit to the Cheremshansk region of Tatarstan. He was accompanied by the head of the region Ferdinat Davletshin.