It's like Russian agriculture, even piglets have imported feed

Published Apr 28, 2021

Tridge summary

The article highlights the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on Russia's agricultural sector, revealing previously hidden issues such as dependence on Western supplies and the volatility of production costs. Despite the country's self-sufficiency in food production and its leading position in wheat exports, Russia remains reliant on imported seeds, equipment, and additives for its farms. The falling ruble and the inability of labor migrants to work during the pandemic have further increased costs. These factors, combined with the use of Western equipment and imported ingredients in animal feed, have led to rising prices for meat, pork, beef, and milk. These prices are set months in advance and cannot be easily controlled, despite efforts to regulate them. The article questions the strategy of import substitution and calls for deep reforms in the agricultural sector.

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Original content

One can argue about who is winding them, pulling the rope - the manufacturer or retail chains. But one thing is clear: the past coronavirus year has exposed agricultural problems that previously remained behind the scenes. And today, as luck would have it, all 33 misfortunes - production costs, the volatility of the ruble, the shortage of labor migrants ... Generally speaking, it would be strange if the current situation with food and prices for them sooner or later did not make itself felt. All the years of perestroika, we officially believed that the domestic village was such a black hole that no matter how much you put billions into it, the cat would cry for no reason. And what is most reasonable is to buy food from Western farmers, there is an overproduction of it. And we have oil and gas, therefore, petrodollars have nowhere to go. There is even a term for such a case, called - international cooperation. Why, say, grow corn in the Arctic Circle if it is three times cheaper to ...

Source: Agrovesti