Russia: The emergence of livestock markets will give impetus to the development of livestock farming

It recently became known that two livestock markets will open in Russia by the end of the year - in the Kostroma region and in Buryatia. Such land-based platforms will be an addition to the so-called electronic exchange for the sale of farm animals, which has been operating for two years. Why are such sites needed, how will they work and what animals can be sold or bought there? Roman Kostyuk, General Director of the National Union of Beef Producers, member of the expert council of the National Agrarian Agency, answered these and other questions. ROSNG: So, what are livestock markets and what are they for? Kostyuk: Russia is practically the only country in the world where there is livestock farming, but there are no livestock markets. Moreover, they exist in many republics of the former USSR, for example, in Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. I will say more, the entire livestock economy of Sudan (Africa) is built on livestock markets, there are 270 of them in ...