Russia: The Ryazan region for the first time began to sell more breeding stock than to buy

The breeding breeding stock of dairy cattle in the Ryazan region in 2022 exceeded 38,000 heads, an increase of 2.6 times over 10 years, the press service of the Ministry of Agriculture of the region reported on Monday. In particular, there are 17 breeding farms for breeding cows of Holstein and Black-and-White breeds. As the Minister of Agriculture and Food of the Ryazan region Dmitry Filippov noted, in previous years the region bought more thoroughbred cows than it sold. “Ryazan farms brought highly productive young animals mainly from abroad and from other regions of Russia. And 2022, according to preliminary data, will be the first year when the Ryazan region sold more on its own than bought from outside,” he stressed. Sales of highly productive livestock to neighboring regions in 2010-2019 were on average less than 100 heads. However, thanks to investments in the industry, state support and the painstaking work of livestock breeders, 1,683 breeding heads were sold by Ryazan ...