February 21, 2012

RB Azat Ziganshin, first deputy Minister for Agriculture reported that in 2011 republican farmers have cultivated over 560,000 tonnes of grain, almost 17% of the whole republican harvest.

Farmers of Bashkiria have made substantial endowment to the Republican harvest. Along with grain they've cultivated 155,000 tonnes of sugar beet and 58,000 tonnes of sunflower. Republican peasants provide for 5% of all-Bashkir milk yield, i.e. 79,000 tonnes of milk. In 2011 farmers have sold out 15,000 tonnes of meat.

At the same time farmers aren't yet occupied enough with cultivation of potato and vegetables, the deputy Minister has reminded, though they are quite able to seize this segment of the local market, thus forcing foreign vegetables out.

At present time 4,785 individual farming is registered in Bashkiria and the average plot of arable land per one farming makes up 108 hectares, including 78 hectares of ploughed field.