Report to Medvedev: Milk production is stable

Russian Minister of Agriculture Nikolai Fyodorov presented the report on the State Programme for the Development of Agriculture in 2008-2012 at the government session chaired by Dmitry Medvedev, Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, on 25 April.

Russian Minister of Agriculture Nikolai Fyodorov presented the report on the State Programme for the Development of Agriculture in 2008-2012 at the government session chaired by Dmitry Medvedev, Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, on 25 April.

According to Ag Minister, milk production has been flat for the past few years at around 32 million tones, which means that the production plan was not fulfilled; the target figure of the government programme for the share of Russian-made milk and dairy products was not reached. The Minister gave no reasons for underperformed targets.

The milk yield was nearly 5,000 kilograms per cow last year, which is nearly 1,200 kilograms more than in 2007. The programmes for the development of family stock breeding farms and for supporting start-up farmers, which were launched last year, are proceeding at a fast pace, said the Minister. Over 3,000 individual farmers and nearly 800 family farms are already involved. Large modern agricultural holding companies have been growing rapidly, which largely accounts for the growth in the production of pork and poultry meat. These processes helped to create the foundation for increasing local agricultural production and reducing imports, added the Minister.

In 2012 food safety, or the proportion of locally grown agricultural products in the overall amount of food resources, was 98.9% for grain, 95.5% for sugar, 74.6% for meat and meat products, and 79.6% for milk and dairy products, resumed Nikolai Fyodorov the part of the report, devoted to livestock sector.

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