Kaliningrad region retains leadership in dairy production in Russia

The average milk yield from one cow per day in the region in agricultural organizations is 26.4 kg. This is 1.3 times more than the average for Russia According to the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation, the average milk yield per cow per day in the country is 20.05 kg, which is 1.31 kg more than a year earlier. The leaders in this important indicator of the development of the dairy industry are the Krasnodar Territory, Leningrad, Kursk and Kaliningrad regions. In these regions, more than 25 kg of milk per cow was obtained. It should be noted that for 10 months of 2022, farms of all categories in the Kaliningrad region produced 200 thousand tons of milk (101.4% by 2021). The region is fully self-sufficient in whole milk. One of the important events in the development of dairy farming in the region was the implementation of a unique project to create a highly specialized breeding and genetic center for the Holstein breed of cattle, which in the future will allow the ...