Russia: Grain harvest in Tatarstan depends on the weather; everything is done to get 5 million tons

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Published May 21, 2022

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Last year, dry weather prevented the farmers of Tatarstan from approaching the record 5.5 million tons of grain over the past few years, which they were able to harvest in 2020. Now, when the spring field campaign is in full swing, the work of farmers is being held back by rains. How the current weather will affect the harvest, the correspondent of Tatar-inform understood.

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Tatarstan's demand for grain is 3.3 million tons In Tatarstan, more than 1 million hectares of the planned 1.8 million hectares have already been sown with spring crops. “65% of the area was sown with grain, 79% with sugar beet, 29% with corn, 82% with sunflower, 47% with rapeseed, 18% with potatoes and vegetables,” the Ministry of Agriculture and Food of the Republic said. Spassky, Muslyumovsky, Zainsky, Buinsky, Tetyushsky, Leninogorsky, Aktanyshsky, Chistopolsky and Aksubaevsky districts have the largest crop areas - from 70% to 84%. Winter crops for this year's harvest were sown on an area of 479,000 hectares. The press service of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food reported that their condition is assessed as good. “About 3% of winter crops were resown and resown on an area of 14,000 hectares due to adverse weather conditions in autumn and spring of this year,” the ministry said. Currently, farmers are carrying out preparatory work on the formation of the crop. “As for ...

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