Poultry meat production in Russia in 2026 may increase by 1.2%

Egg production will remain at the 2025 level, experts predict In 2026, according to the forecast of the Russian Union of Poultry Farmers, poultry meat production in the Russian Federation will amount to 5.6 million tons in live weight, which is 1.2%, or 70-80 thousand tons, more than in 2025. This was stated by the CEO of the organization, Galina Bobylyova, at the international scientific-practical conference "Poultry Farming of the Future: Vectors of Economic Success." Poultry meat exports, as expected by the union, will increase by 6.4%, or 27.3 thousand tons, by the end of the year. In terms of poultry meat production, Russia ranks fourth in the world, and in the ranking of exporters, it is in seventh place. Deputy Director of the Department of Animal Husbandry and Breeding of the Russian Ministry of Agriculture Olga Lastochkina shared that in 2025, according to preliminary data from Rosstat, all categories of farms produced more than 7 million tons of poultry for slaughter in live weight, ensuring a sufficiently high level of growth. "We produced 2 billion more eggs than in 2024. And, according to our strategic plans in fulfillment of the decree..."