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Production of pigs increased by 7%

  • 28 Mar 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. Read more...

Ukraine produced 2.6 million pigs for slaughter so far this year

  • 23 Aug 10:07

Ukrainian producers sold 2.61 million pigs for slaughter in the first seven months of this year, 0.25 million less compared to the corresponding period from 2017. The Association of Pig Breeders of Ukraine referring to a Gosstat report said that the average live weight for pigs sold for slaughter is slightly higher and is situated at 107 kg compared to 106 kg a year earlier, as reported by AgroPortal. The association added that the pork supply in live weight reported between January and July was weaker compared to the previous year. In the first seven months, Ukraine produced 280.5 thousand tons of pork in live weight, which, according to the association, was 7.6%. Read more...