In Belarus, gross cattle production will increase by 4.5% in 2023

Gross cattle production in Belarus in 2023 is expected to increase by 4.5% compared to last year, and pork production by more than 6%. This was announced by First Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food Sergei Fedchenko in an interview published on the website of the publication "SB. Belarus Today". “The gross production of cattle is planned to be over 640 thousand tons - 104.5% of last year. The gross production of pork is about 426 thousand tons - just over 106%. The gross production of poultry is expected to be over 660 thousand tons, or almost 101%,” - Fedchenko said. Fedchenko also informed that with the support of the state in 2023, the construction and reconstruction of 141 commercial dairy farms (MCDs) was carried out, 74 of them are already functioning. “We will move away from old farms by 2030. About 620 more will be built or reconstructed, a third of which will be built literally from scratch. Conventionally, every year there will be 85 complexes or more. Of course, in ...