Texler asked the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation to support chicken genetics

The governor of the Chelyabinsk region, Alexei Teksler, asked the Minister of Agriculture of the Russian Federation Dmitry Patrushev to support the project of a breeding reproducer. He voiced this request during a meeting with the minister, the press service of the HEAD of the region reported.

“During the working meeting, Alexey Teksler presented a project for the construction of a first-order pedigree reproducer. The new enterprise will solve the issue of replacing imported genetics with domestic ones and provide the region's poultry farms with breeding products," the press service said on the website of the regional government.

Other topics of conversation with the minister were the state of agriculture and plans for 2022. In terms of arable land, the region ranked first in the Urals Federal District. According to the governor, the plans are to harvest more than 1.9 million tons of grain and leguminous crops.

The efforts of the authorities have already yielded results: in the first half of the year, poultry MEAT production increased by 3%, eggs - by 8%, pork - by 5%. By the end of 2024, the authorities plan to receive additionally up to 30,000 tons of dairy products per year at newly commissioned facilities.

Production capacity continues to increase. In 2022, the investment project will be completed by the Makfa company. The processors will build a logistics complex, install a mill and two new pasta production lines. The regional government allocated 313 million rubles for the purchase of new equipment for farmers. By July 1, 1.2 billion rubles of subsidies will be brought to agricultural enterprises. Another support measure was the zeroing of the unified agricultural tax for companies that retain the number of jobs.

The efforts of the authorities are aimed at maintaining the potential and its development in line with the policy of import substitution. The Russian government has taken action in response to economic sanctions imposed by a number of countries. The restrictions were the result of the start of a special operation in Ukraine.