Russia: Sverdlovsk milk producers will supply raw materials mainly to local factories

The Ural Livestock Breeders Association and the Union of Processing Enterprises of the Sverdlovsk Region signed a cooperation agreement, according to which the bulk of raw milk will remain in the region, the regional information policy department reports. Local milk producers will be the priority suppliers of raw milk to dairies in the Sverdlovsk Region. At the same time, processing enterprises guarantee the purchase of milk in full. As reported, in November, Governor Yevgeny Kuyvashev stated that Sverdlovsk milk producers receiving subsidies from the regional budget should not sell their products to other regions of Russia. He noted that the region has sufficient capacity for processing milk. As reported, Rosstat noted an increase in ...