Russia: The poultry population in the Moscow region increased by 5% in 2023, to 11 million heads

Peasant farms increased their poultry numbers most noticeably—2.3 times According to Mosstat, in 2023, the production of livestock and poultry for slaughter in live weight in farms of all categories in the Moscow region amounted to 305.84 thousand tons. Most of the production - 94% - is concentrated in agricultural organizations, 5.1% falls on household farms , among peasant (farm) enterprises and individual entrepreneurs the share is slightly less than 1%. At the end of the reporting period, the number of cattle in farms of all categories amounted to 185.42 thousand heads (of which cows - 88.69 thousand), the number of pigs - 329.66 thousand, sheep and goats - 68.55 thousand, birds - 10,971.97 thousand heads. In the region, poultry farming indicators have increased significantly over the year. Thus, the number of poultry in farms of all categories increased by 4.9%. In particular, in agricultural organizations it increased by 4.1% (up to 10,407.94 thousand heads), in household ...