In the Orel region for the year there were more pigs by 40%

According to Rosstat, for 6 months of the current year in the agricultural organizations of the Oryol region, the production of livestock and poultry for slaughter (in live weight) increased by 12% compared to the same period last year, reaching 121.9 thousand tons. 8 million eggs were released, which nearly double the level of the previous year. The volume of MILK produced decreased slightly - by 0.3%, to 57.2 thousand tons.

In January - June, in the agricultural organizations of the region, the largest share in the production of MEAT (cattle and poultry for slaughter in live weight) accounted for pigs - 67% (in 2021 - 53%). The share of cattle decreased by 13 percentage points over the year (from 32% in 2021 to 19% in 2022), poultry — by 1 percentage point (from 15 to 14%).

On average, 3,250 kg of milk is produced from one cow in agricultural organizations, which is 3% higher than last year.

As of July 1, in the agricultural organizations of the region, the herd of cattle amounted to 121.2 thousand heads, including 33.5 thousand cows, pigs - 1,035.7 thousand heads, sheep and goats - 3.0 thousand. heads, birds - 1,918.2 thousand heads. In connection with the opening of new pig-breeding complexes of Miratorg-Kursk LLC in the region, the herd of pigs increased by 40% over the year, the number of poultry increased by 7%.