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  • 28 Mar 2019, 10:13

According to the results of January-February of the current year. production of pigs for slaughter in live weight in the agricultural organizations of Russia increased by 7.3% compared with the same period last year to 663.9 thousand tons. This was reported  by the press service of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation.

"The main increase in the production of pigs for slaughter in agricultural organizations in the reporting period was provided by the Belgorod, Voronezh, Chelyabinsk, Kursk and Lipetsk regions, as well as the Krasnodar Territory," the report said.