Milk production is increasing in Belarus

February 22, MINSK. MILK production is increasing in Belarus. This was announced by the Minister of Agriculture and Food Igor Brylo during the collegium of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food, BelTA has learned.

“For the whole of 2021, dairy and beef cattle breeding demonstrated positive dynamics. Agricultural organizations produced 7.6 million tons of milk (101% by 2020), 635 thousand tons of cattle were raised (100.7%). country exceeded the level of 2020 by 98 kg and amounted to 5412 kg. The best results were achieved in the Brest region, where this figure amounted to 6569 kg,” said Igor Brylo. The six thousandth level of productivity was also exceeded in the farms of the Grodno and Minsk regions, respectively 6320 and 6048 kg. Increased and the average daily gain in the cultivation and fattening of cattle.

The leaders are traditionally areas with a high level of technological discipline. In 2021, in 57 districts of the country, the average milk yield per cow exceeded 5 tons, in 35 it was more than 6 tons, in 123 - more than 7 tons. "In 6 districts - more than 8 tons. These are Grodno, Nesvizh, Dzerzhinsky, Smolevichsky, Berestovitsky and Ivanovsky More than 12 tons of milk was produced from a cow in the Molodovo-Agro unitary enterprise of the Ivanovsky district, in the Denshchikov farm in the Grodno district, and the Larinovka farm in the Orsha district,” the minister noted.