October 12, 2016 the Ministry of agriculture of Russia held a working meeting of Minister of agriculture of the Russian Federation, Alexander Tkachev, Governor of the Irkutsk region Sergey Levchenko.

The sides discussed prospects of development of branches of regional agriculture in the framework of the state Program of development of agriculture.

"Irkutsk oblast shows good dynamics of development of crop and livestock production - the figures higher than last year", — said Alexander Tkachev.

During the meeting Sergey Levchenko told the Federal Minister that to date, the region collected more than 765 thousand tons of grain, nearly 40% more than last year (at the end of 2015 551,7 million tons).

"Farmers Irkutsk region completed harvesting grain, harvested more than 404 thousand ha", — said the Governor.

"Completed harvesting of potatoes and vegetables, livestock provided with sufficient quantity of fodder for the coming winter - one conditional head of farm animals prepared 22 centners of fodder units of coarse and succulent fodder, which is significantly more than the previous year", — said the head of the region.

Alexander Tkachev and Sergey Levchenko has also paid special attention to the issue of support for small farms in the region. The Minister said that in the Irkutsk oblast from the Federal budget for grants to beginner farmers development of family livestock farms and grant support to agricultural cooperatives sent 212 million.