Demand for lamb increased in Belarus

Belarus expects to increase MEAT exports to $1 billion this year. More than half of the production goes to RUSSIA. These are sausages, beef, pork, poultry. They are ready to expand the traditional assortment, says MIR 24 correspondent Ekaterina Mikhaylinskaya.

Ile-de-France is a new breed of sheep for Belarus. Meat. One of the most demanded in the European market. Breeders appreciate a good weight gain, consumers - an exquisite taste. The breeding breed was brought to the Belarusian farm just a year ago.

Once in Belarus, sheep were kept in every farmstead. But wool was no longer in demand, and the industry was forgotten. Remembered after the recent swine fever. The state even adopted a special program. Sheep breeders were given a number of preferences: now it is much easier for them to get land and buy out empty hangars or sheds. In one of these, sheep of the Ile-de-France breed live.

“About a hundred heads have already received offspring this year. For further development, we took the second barn, bought it, we will carry out reconstruction there. We plan to bring the livestock to 700 at this site,” said Leonid Sokolov, First Deputy DIRECTOR General of the Vitebsk breeding enterprise.

Now the demand for sheep has increased markedly. The company breeds and sells lambs. Sells products to a meat processing plant. Lamb is not the most popular meat in the country, but Belarusians still buy it willingly.

“Belarusians have learned how to eat mutton skewers, shurpa, and in this regard, the demand for this meat is growing. We want to bet on the implementation not only within Belarus, but also in the countries of the former Soviet Union. We are approached by the Central Asian republics of Tajikistan and Uzbekistan,” said Fizuli Gasanov, general director of the Vitebsk tribal enterprise.

The country intends to EXPORT up to 1,200 sheep annually. They also plan to build a small workshop to sell finished products to connoisseurs of lamb.
Last year Belarus supplied meat products to 24 countries. Including new markets - Malaysia, Singapore and Saudi Arabia.