Food production in Russia increased by 4.2% in January-September

Beverage production increased by 9.8% Food production in Russia in January-September 2024 increased by 4.2% compared to the same period in 2023, beverage production - by 9.8%. This is reported in the materials of Rosstat. The production of cattle meat, pork, lamb, goat meat and horse meat for this period increased by 2.7%, to 2.8 million tons; meat and edible by-products of poultry - by 2.7%, to 3.9 million tons; sausages — by 2.2%, to 1.9 million tons. In addition, the production of processed potatoes for the first 9 months of this year increased by 15.8%, to 359 thousand tons. The production of milk, except raw, for this period increased by 5%, to 4.5 million tons; margarine — by 0.5%, to 329 thousand tons; cheeses — by 6.8%, to 629 thousand tons; cottage cheese — by 6.1%, to 357 thousand tons; fermented milk products — by 4.7%, to 1.7 million tons. According to statistics, the production of wheat and wheat-rye flour in January-September increased by 4.1%, to 6.8 ...