According to operational data from the Ministry of Agriculture of Russia, as of April 13, 2020, the daily volume of milk sales by agricultural organizations amounted to 49.3 thousand tons, which is 6.7% more than the same indicator in 2019. The maximum sales volumes were achieved in the Republic of Tatarstan, Krasnodar, Voronezh, Ekaterinburg,, Sverdlovsk, Novosibirsk, Saint-Petersburg, Moscow, Belgorod and Nizhny Novgorod, the Udmurt Republic, Altay. The average milk yield per cow per day amounted to 17.86 kg, which is 1.07 kg more than a year earlier. The leaders among the regions according to this indicator are Saint-Petersburg, Kaliningrad, Kaluga, Lipetsk,. Read more...
Ukraine’s dairy sector has seen the strongest revenue decline in 6 years. In April 2020, Ukraine’s dairy index slumped 14.7%, according to Andriy Yarmak, economist of FAO investment center. The Ukrainian dairy index reflects how much money an average Ukraine dairy farmer earns from producing and selling 1 litre of milk. That figure was around 3.9 hryvnias (€0.13) in April as compared to 5.1 hryvnias (€0.17) at the beginning of the year, Yarmak estimated. The last time such a strong slump was recorded was in April of 2014, when it went down by 26.2%, following the Russian annexation of Crimea and the beginning of the armed conflict in the. Read more...
The Rosselkhoznadzor developed and sent to the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation a package of amendments to the law “On Veterinary Medicine”. The bill regulates the use of antibiotics in livestock and poultry production. If amendments are adopted, control over the use of antibiotics in Russian agriculture will be tightened. “It contains a ban on the use of antimicrobials as growth stimulants, as well as for preventive purposes. Prescription antibiotic rates have been determined. It is also planned to introduce an entire article regulating the manufacture of feed with the addition of drugs, ” the head of Rosselkhoznadzor. Read more...
On the farms of the Moscow Region, the number of goats and sheep is increasing. This was announced by Minister of Agriculture and Food of the Moscow Region Andrei Razin. “Over the past 7 months of this year, the numbers of small cattle — sheep and goats — increased by 5.3% compared to last year. Mostly goats of Saanen, Alpine and Nubian breeds are raised, whose milk differs little from cow's in taste and smell, ” Andrei Razin said. According to the minister, dairy and meat goat breeding in the Moscow region is becoming popular and profitable. The growth was provided by the households of individual entrepreneurs, including. Read more...
Agricultural production in Russia in 2018 decreased by 0.6% in comparable prices, as follows from the preliminary data of Rosstat. In actual prices, the issue of the agro-industrial complex amounted to 5.12 trillion rubles, which is 88 million rubles less than the 2017 figures. Thus, the decline was recorded for the first time since 2012, when the agricultural production index decreased by 4.8%. In 2016, growth was 4.8%; in 2017, according to updated data on the results of the agricultural census, - 3.1%. Negative dynamics was recorded due to crop production, which fell in comparable prices by 2.4%. As the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade explained. Read more...
Employees of the federal state budgetary institution “All-Russian State Center for Quality and Standardization of Medicinal Products for Animals and Feeds” analyzed data on certain types of agricultural products supervised by the Rosselkhoznadzor and imported into Russia from January 1 to 13, 2019. According to the information and analytical system "Argus", the volume of imports of agricultural products or this period amounted to about 57.94 thousand tons. The main share of imports fell on four groups of goods: "Meat and offal" (more than 18 thousand tons, 31.4% of the total share of imports), "Milk and dairy products" (more. Read more...
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