Russia: Amur region plans to increase the volume of soybean processing to 70 percent

The Amur region sets the task of bringing the volume of soybean processing to 70%, said the head of the region, Vasily Orlov. According to the regional government, Orlov met with Director of the Department of Crop Production, Mechanization, Chemicalization and Plant Protection of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation Roman Nekrasov and Chairman of the Union of Potato and Vegetable Market Participants Sergey Lupyokhin. "We have good results in agriculture this year. There are prospects for processing soybeans, we set ourselves the task of processing up to 70% of soybeans. There is potential for growth in potatoes and vegetables. The program for the integrated development of rural areas is actively moving forward. Ministry of Agriculture economy of Russia allocated more than 1 billion rubles to us for this program," Orlov's words are quoted by the authorities. He noted that the construction of housing for workers of the agro-industrial complex is underway in the ...