RF for 2021 increased the production of livestock and poultry by 0.3%

Farms of all categories of the Russian Federation (agricultural organizations, farmers, personal subsidiary farms) in 2021 produced 15.7 million tons of livestock and poultry (for slaughter, in live weight), which is 0.3% more than a year earlier, Rosstat reported on Wednesday .

Growth rates slowed down significantly. In 2020, they amounted to 3%.

MILK production last year was at the level of 32.3 million tons (0.2% more), eggs - 44.9 billion pieces (at the level of 2020). In December, livestock and poultry production amounted to 1.8 million tons (up 3.8% year-on-year), the dairy industry produced 2.5 million tons of milk (up 2.5%), poultry farms produced 3.6 billion eggs (1.9% more).

Rosstat also reported that in December agricultural organizations produced 1.172 million tons of livestock and poultry for slaughter (6.6% more than a year earlier). Including the production of cattle increased by 4.8%, up to 116 thousand tons, pigs - by 2.6%, up to 457.9 thousand tons, poultry - by 10%, up to 578.3 thousand tons. During the year, the production of livestock and poultry increased by 1%, including cattle - by 5%, pigs - by 1.3%. The indicators for poultry remained at the level of the previous year. Physical indicators for the year are not given.

Rosstat also reported that at the end of December 2021, the number of cattle in farms of all categories, according to calculations, was 17.7 million heads (2% less), of which 7.7 million cows (1.9% less) . The number of pigs - 26.2 million heads (1.5% more), sheep and goats - 20.9 million heads (3.3% less), poultry - 536.9 million tons (3.3% more) .

In the structure of livestock, households accounted for 38.6% of cattle, 7.7% of pigs, 46% of sheep and goats (at the end of December 2020, these figures were respectively 39.3%, 8.6%, 46, five%).
In agricultural organizations, at the end of December 2021, compared with the corresponding period of 2020, the number of cattle decreased by 1.8%, cows - by 1.4%, sheep and goats - by 5.4%. At the same time, the number of pigs increased by 2.7%, poultry - by 4.6%.