In the Rostov region, production of poultry meat on an industrial scale is being increased

New sites for the production of turkey MEAT are being launched.

In Millerovo, the largest complex in the country is increasing the production of poultry meat on an industrial scale. The enterprise was modernized and, most importantly, they formed their own parent herd. This made it possible to avoid dependence on foreign supplies of genetic material. The company not only increases production volumes, but also launches new sites for growing another delicacy - turkey meat. Read more - the text of the story “News. Don”:

A sanitary checkpoint with automatic equipment will wash your shoes; you will let you through the turnstile only after your hands have been treated with a disinfectant solution. We find ourselves in the holy of holies of a meat processing plant. This is the most important component of the largest complex in RUSSIA for the industrial production of duck meat. It also includes 18 parent flock poultry houses, an incubator for more than 11 million eggs and 40 poultry houses for fattening and raising commercial ducks. The entire complex, taken over by the Damate group of companies, was relaunched in 2020. In a matter of months, we modernized the equipment, restored the livestock and reached maximum processing capacity.

“At the end of 23 years, we took a leading position in the production of this type of poultry. We occupied more than 45% of the market share with a production of 18.6 thousand tons in slaughter weight,” says Sergei Denisenko, General DIRECTOR of New Duck Farms LLC of Damate Group.

Now the meat processing complex in Millerovo produces more than 50 types of products. Whole carcass, large- and small-piece sets, offal, a huge number of items in marinades. It hardly makes sense to praise the taste of duck; many are familiar with this meat and deservedly love it. Including company employees.

“Of course, it passes through my hands. And I understand what I am eating. Very tender meat , cooks quickly, not greasy. My family eats with pleasure,” says stacker-packer Natalya Kulakova.

Semi-finished products under this brand do not need advertising. After all, every second package of duck meat in any retail chains in the country comes from the Don land. However, not only Russians are familiar with this exquisite taste . A significant share of the products produced here is exported to dozens of countries around the world. By the way, at the end of last year the Damate company opened a new, very promising direction - CHINA . The famous Peking duck, and this particular cross is grown here, is now supplied to the Middle Kingdom, including from the Rostov region.

“The Damate group of companies significantly increased its EXPORT turnover by 29%. Of these, Rostov sites made a significant contribution - we grew by 70% in exports,” says Sergei Denisenko, General Director of New Duck Farms LLC of Damate Group.

We are talking not only about duck, but in general about the meat processing facilities of the Damate company. In the Don region it is also a large complex for the production of turkey meat. Last year, more than 54 thousand tons of it were produced here in slaughter weight. At the same time, it was possible to completely close the production cycle and move away from dependence on foreign suppliers of genetic material. In the poultry houses of the Rostov region, their own parent flock has been fully formed.

“The company has achieved self-sufficiency in hatching eggs. We are no longer dependent on foreign suppliers. It is safe to say that allturkey , which is produced in the Rostov region, is our native Russian turkey, grown from eggs that were produced in the parent herd in Ust-Donetsk,” says Sergei Denisenko, general director of New Duck Farms LLC of the Damate Group of Companies.

This complex, located in the Oktyabrsky district, processes 280 tons of turkey per day. Unlike duck, which is still considered a holiday dish in our country and is not eaten every day, turkey meat is more often included in the usual diet. Therefore, the range of processed products is much wider. Natural and chopped semi-finished products, sausages , deli meats - you can’t list everything.

The processing complex is a real factory for the production of meat products. Moreover, there is only one starting raw material, this is, in fact, the turkey carcass itself. But the output is a huge range of types of products. This meat processing complex produces a total of about 400 types of products.

Poultry and meat processing complexes are not only about the production of meat for domestic and foreign markets. Rostov enterprises "Damate" are the largest taxpayer in the industry. Last year, more than 800 million rubles were transferred to the treasury. And these are jobs. Turkey production enterprises alone employ more than two thousand residents of the region. And this is a very worthy job .

“It’s a modern, powerful enterprise with modern equipment, high wages and a friendly team,” says stacker-packer Anna Kozina.

The company continues to gradually increase production volumes. New turkey growing sites will be launched this year. This will allow us to increase meat production by about 10% by the end of the year. They will not stop there and will gradually increase volumes to the planned levels. They are equal to the capacity of the plant for slaughter and processing - and this is a significant 85 thousand tons per year.