An agricultural census sample in Russia has involved about 155,000 farming producers, according to the Federal State Statistics Service. "As of August 19, 154,776 out of the 180,057 units, or 86%, of the registered have been covered", the communiqué reads.

The pilot census, conducted from August 1 to 25 in four constituent entities of the Russian Federation, the Saratov, Penza, Krasnoyarsk and Krasnodar regions, is a preliminary to the national agricultural census scheduled for 2006.

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