At the end of 2023, Damate entered the top ten largest MEAT producers in RUSSIA, according to the annual rating of the Agroinvestor publication. The company rose to 10th place with a total production volume of turkey, duck and lamb of more than 253 thousand tons in slaughter weight.
The Damate group of companies became one of the largest meat producers in Russia at the end of 2023. According to the annual rating compiled by the Agroinvestor publication, the company took 10th place with a production volume of more than 253 thousand tons in slaughter weight. At the same time, Damate produces exclusively niche types of meat - turkey, duck and lamb and occupies a leading position in each segment.
The driver of growth in the company's portfolio wasturkey . In 2023, Damate increased the production of turkey meat by 10% to 237 thousand tons in slaughter weight.
The positive dynamics of growth in production volumes is due to the systematic implementation of the company’s turkey breeding projects in the Penza and Rostov regions, as well as the launch of a breeding reproducer for the production of hatching eggs in the Tyumen region.
At the end of 2023, the company also produced more than 3 thousand tons of lamb in slaughter weight. The products are produced at the country's largest lamb processing plant in Karachay-Cherkessia, designed to produce up to 25 thousand tons of products per year. The project also includes: a service company for farmers, breeding and feeding grounds, and a selection and genetic center.
Last year, Damate produced about 13.7 thousand tons of duck meat: according to the Rosptitsesoyuz, this is 45% of the Russian market for this type of meat.
“This result was achieved thanks to systematic and comprehensive work on the development of our poultry and livestock projects. The company’s plans for 2024 are to continue their implementation and ensure the stable operation of enterprises. We plan to strengthen our leadership position in each of the niche meat categories. Among the operational tasks are expanding the geography of sales and assortment, maintaining high quality of products, increasing production volumes of turkey, duck, lamb meat, including for the development of EXPORT supplies,” commented Andrey Sedov, General DIRECTOR of Damate Group of Companies.
The Damate Group of Companies (Damate Group of Companies) is a Russian agricultural holding, a category expert in niche meat markets. The company produces turkey, duck and lamb meat , and also develops dairy farming and genetic projects.
The company sells products under the trademarks “Indilite”, “Ozerka”, BazarCo, “Karachaevskaya Chernaya”, Salima, “Tolko!” throughout the country and develops export direction.
The group's enterprises are located in the Penza, Tyumen, Rostov regions, the Stavropol Territory, the Karachay-Cherkess Republic and St. Petersburg .
Damate is the leader in turkey production in Russia, ranks first among European companies and is one of the five leading turkey producers in the world. In 2023, Damate produced 237 thousand tons of turkey meat in slaughter weight.
In the Penza and Rostov regions there are full-cycle complexes for the production and processing of turkey. The country's largest breeding reproducer is located in the Tyumen region. The production of chopped semi-finished products has been launched in St. Petersburg.
In 2023, “Damate produced 13.8 thousand tons of duck meat in live weight. The industrial duck production complex is located in the Rostov region and includes all stages from the parent stock to processing.
In the North Caucasus Federal District, Damate is developing a lamb project, which consists of a service company for farmers, feedlots and the country's largest lamb processing plant. The raw material base is the region's farms. Damate produced more than 3,000 tons of lamb in slaughter weight by the end of 2023.
In the Tyumen region there is a livestock dairy complex for 13.5 thousand heads of cattle . In 2023, the company produced 59 thousand tons of raw MILK. Unique projects for the country in the field of genetics and breeding are being implemented on the basis of the complex.
The company's bank of agricultural lands totals more than 100 thousand hectares.
Over 11 thousand people work at the company's enterprises throughout the country.