Milk production increased by 22.7 percent in the Kursk region of Russia

Including in agricultural organizations, gross milk yield increased by 34.8% in 2022 According to Rosstat, at the end of December 2022, the number of pigs in farms of all categories of the Kursk region amounted to 2,431.4 thousand heads (+1.5% compared to the previous year), sheep and goats - 149.1 thousand (+3, 1%), poultry — 7,915.7 thousand heads (+4.7%). The number of cattle totaled 169.0 thousand heads (-2.6%), of which 60.5 thousand cows (+2.1%). In agricultural organizations, the herd of cattle for the year increased to 118.0 thousand heads (+3.3%), including cows - up to 36.9 thousand (+8.8%), pigs - up to 2,404, 3 thousand heads (+1.5%), sheep and goats — up to 82.8 thousand heads (+31.4%), poultry — up to 6,360.3 thousand heads (+5.1%). The share of agricultural organizations of the region accounts for 69.8% of cattle, 98.9% of pigs, 55.5% of sheep and goats, 80.4% of poultry. For comparison: households keep 20.4% of cattle, 1.1% of pigs, 39.6% of sheep and goats and ...