Turkey meat production in the Russian Federation may increase by 3-5% to 430 thousand tons by the end of 2023

Turkey production in Russia by the end of 2023 may increase by 3-5% compared to the previous year and amount to 430 thousand tons. Executive Director of the National Association of Turkey Producers Anatoly Velmatov spoke about this at the Agroinvestor conference on investments in the agro-industrial complex "Agroholdings of Russia - 2023". “Based on the results of this year, we predict that our production will further increase by 3-5%, reaching 430 thousand tons,” Velmatov said. As indicated in the presentation presented during the conference, at the end of 2021, turkey production in Russia amounted to 400 thousand tons of slaughter weight, in 2022 - 415 thousand tons. According to the association, imports of turkey hatching eggs in 2022 amounted to 29.848 million pieces, for 11 months of 2023 - 22.248 million pieces. The main importing countries for the ...