date:Apr 25, 2014
Production of livestock and poultry for slaughter in Russia was 2.8 million tonnes for the first quarter of the current year 4.5 per cent up on last year.
Pig production for slaughter rose by 11.2 per cent for pigs, sheep and goats 0.5 per cent, and poultry 3.4 per cent.
However, the corresponding figures for cattle fell by two per cent.
The Russian Ministry of Agriculture saidthat, according to Rosstat, milk production on all types of farms fell by 1.3 per cent to 6.1 million tonnes in the