Russia increases production of feed
Russia produced 1903 thousand tonnes of feed in August 2014 – which is 0.3% higher than in the previous month, and 6.4% more than August last year.
Feed production in Russia during the first eight months of 2014 rose compared to the same period of 2013 by 6.5%, reported the Russian media Soya News quoting the official statistic data.
Russia increased the production of feed every month, and as a result it is predicted that by the end of the year, the country will be able to produce about 23 million tonnes of compound feed, which will be 8% higher than 2013.
Feed production in Russia (tonnes)
| 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | |
| January | 1,521,002 | 1,738,849 | 1,852,849 |
| February | 1,545,674 | 1,658,834 | 1,759,283 |
| March | 1,679,349 | 1,818,920 | 1,960,437 |
| April | 1,625,388 | 1,830,892 | 1,936,593 |
| May | 1,651,899 | 1,813,077 | 1,937,217 |
| June | 1,608,210 | 1,744,183 | 1,847,829 |
| July | 1,650,594 | 1,782,078 | 1,897,694 |
| August | 1,659,037 | 1,789,464 | 1,903,938 |
| September | 1,630,261 | 1,776,474 | |
| October | 1751,936 | 1,897,048 | |
| November | 1,773,764 | 1,857,475 | |
| December | 1,866,752 | 1,964,994 | |
| Total | 19,963,866 | 21,672286 | 15,095,841 |
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