On this day, 17 January, said agriculture Minister Alexander Tkachev at a meeting of the Council of Federation of the Russian Federation. "The country's soy production is GMO. This is absolutely the right direction for the development of agriculture", — said Tkachev.

We need to build on this high-calorie protein product, which is essential for normal development of animal husbandry, said the head of the Ministry of agriculture.

Also, according to him, in 2017 the record harvest of rapeseed — 1.5 million tons, five times the yield of previous years.

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