Russia is actively increasing the export of live cattle, according to Rosselkhoznadzor

Russia is seriously increasing supplies of live cattle abroad. The head of Rosselkhoznadzor, Sergei Dankvert, spoke about this on the Rossiya 24 TV channel. According to him, a total of 660 thousand tons were exported in live weight, of which the majority (200 thousand) were pigs, 150 thousand were rams, and another 90 thousand were cattle. The bulk of the livestock was exported to the Middle East and Muslim countries. The head of the department noted that in general the situation with exports was quite favorable. Probably by this he meant not only the volume of supplies itself, but also facilitating opportunities for them. Farmers may be allowed to insure the risks of livestock death from shelling Dankvert also said that our country has almost completely abandoned the purchase of agricultural products from unfriendly countries. He provided data on the structure of imports. Half of its volumes came from the neighboring fraternal republic of Belarus, the rest from Brazil and ...