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All news / Crimea produces more milk and eggs, but less meat

  • 30 May 2023, 10:08

Last year, the total collection of milk on the peninsula amounted to 198.3 thousand tons, which is 2.6% more than last year.

“The total volume of milk produced in the Republic of Crimea amounted to 198.3 thousand tons (5.1% of the volume of milk production in the Southern Federal District). Leadership in milk production belongs to the households of the population - 57.0% of the total volume of milk produced in the republic (113.0 thousand tons), agricultural organizations account for - 29.7% (58.9 thousand tons), peasant (farm) ) farms - 13.3% (26.4 thousand tons), - KP-Krym quotes a message from Krymstat.

The average milk yield per cow in farms of all categories increased by 3.6% compared to the previous year and amounted to 4290 kilograms.

Egg production also increased by 4.7%. In 2022, 310.0 million eggs were collected, or 6.2% of egg production in the Southern Federal District.

But the production of meat products decreased by 9.3%. Last year, the republic produced 131.2 thousand tons of meat, or 8.4% of meat production in the Southern Federal District.