Russia: At poultry farms in the Kurgan region, the production of chicken eggs increased by 40%

In addition, in agricultural organizations of the region, the number of poultry increased significantly - by 31.8%, sheep and goats - by 28.9%, pigs - by 18.4% In agricultural organizations of the Kurgan region, by the end of June, the number of farm poultry amounted to 904.4 thousand heads. There were 34.5 thousand pigs, 31.4 thousand cattle (including 10.9 thousand cows), 4.4 thousand sheep and goats, 2.2 thousand horses. By the same date in 2023, the number of birds increased by 31.8%, the number of sheep and goats increased by 28.9%, pigs - by 18.4%, horses - by 10.1%. Such data are published on the Rosstat website. In the first six months of this year, in agricultural organizations of the region, the production of livestock and poultry for slaughter in live weight amounted to 11.3 thousand tons. This is 7.8% more than a year ago. In particular, poultry received 7.0 thousand tons (+8.2% to last year’s level), pigs - 2.7 thousand tons (+2.7%), cattle - 1.5 thousand tons (+19, ...