Agriculture

Tatarstan and Russia Agriculture Ministry sign agreement to finance agriculture branch in 2012

2 February, 15:53

The signatories were President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov and Russia Agriculture Minister Yelena Skrynnik.

• 1 February 2012, 10:03 Putin proposes that ministries consider extending agro-sector's tax break on profit

  Putin asked that this issue also be discussed with the Agricultural Ministry.

• 31 January 2012, 12:43 Marat Akhmetov: “The village needs creative and capable personnel”

  Tatarstan agriculture minister has met with agrarian university students in Kazan.

• 30 January 2012, 11:10 Russian constituents willing to support new farmers and family farms

  E. Skrynnik has held a meeting on support programmes for beginner farmers and family farms development.

• 27 January 2012, 15:38 Marat Akhmetov: “As a minister I will be grateful to Rosselkhoznadzor for tighter control”

  Rosselkhoznadzor authority’s Tatarstan branch has summed up the 2011 performance.

• 23 January 2012, 12:53 Tatarstan produces own sort of rape

  The authors of the novelty are young scientists at the Tatar Agriculture Research Institute, Askhadullin brothers.

• 23 January 2012, 09:23 Spring crops grain filled in for 2012 harvest in Tatarstan in amount of 385.5 thousand tonnes

  It is 104 percent of the demand.

• 18 January 2012, 13:34 Tatarstan delegation to take part in Green Week 2012 international exhibition in Berlin

  The delegation will be led by Tatarstan agriculture minister Marat Akhmetov.

• 18 January 2012, 12:45 Over 40 percent of unused agricultural lands identified in Tatarstan in 2011 put back into operation

  Russian Register’s Tatarstan branch has reported it.

• 18 January 2012, 09:00 Fertilizer prices to be liberalized when Russia is WTO member - FAS chief

  The FAS is now studying how fertilizer will be priced after Russia's accession to the WTO, Igor Artemyev said.

• 13 January 2012, 14:20 Pork price growth to slow, meat and poultry price growth to quicken in Russia in 2012 - expert

  At the same time, growth in beef prices will stay at its 2011 level, she said.

• 13 January 2012, 11:00 Criminal probe launched into African swine fever outbreak in Kuban

  Experts took samples of animal fodder and sent them for forensic tests.

• 13 January 2012, 09:01 Tatarstan to take part in Beginning Farmer federal programme

  A programme called “Supporting Beginning Farmers in 2012-2014” has been launched in Tatarstan.

• 11 January 2012, 13:19 Twelfth congress of farmers to take place in Tatarstan

  Tatarstan farmers produce 53 percent of the agricultural products in the region.

• 11 January 2012, 09:12 Rabies quarantine imposed in some territories in Tatarstan

  The dangerous disease has been found in the villages of Churakaevo and Betki.

• 10 January 2012, 09:50 Share of private property in Tatarstan’s beekeeping business increases

  This sets a positive trend in the branch, specialists say.

• 28 December 2011, 12:03 Tatarstan’s fish farms this year sell 870 tonnes of commodity fish

  Last year, 830 tonnes of carp, silver carp and Chinese carp was delivered to the retail network.

• 27 December 2011, 12:25 New Year agricultural fairs on 30 December to take place in Kazan

  The Agriculture Ministry says residents in Tatarstan will find convenient buying food for the holiday in advance.

• 27 December 2011, 09:02 Russia has exported 17 mln tonnes of grain to date - minister

  Russia has exported 17 million tonnes of grain to date, Russia's Agriculture Minister Elena Skrynnik said with reference to data from the Federal Cust

• 23 December 2011, 18:31 Maisky greenhouse centre in 2012 to increase gross output to 24 thousand tonnes

  As compared with 1980-90, production will double.