Russia’s poultry feed production hit record in March
Poultry feed production for March 2013 in Russia hit an all-time record of 1,069.7 thousand tonnes – 12% higher than February and 6% on March 2012, according to a report release by Russia’s Federal Static Service (Rosstat).
The report also gave production figures for cattle and horses.
Cattle:
Compound feed production for cattle in Russia stagnated. For the past three months, there were almost no changes in production. March 2013 production was 171.2 thousand tonnes only 0.1% more than February. But the decline of 8% compared to March 2012.
Horses:
Feed production for horses is still catastrophically low. In March 220 tonnes of feed was produced. However, that was an increase of 23% on February’s figures but a drop of 46% on March 2012
All in all the total feed production for March 2013 was 1,8189.9 thousand tonnes, a 10% increase on February’s production and 8% increase on March 2012
Data on production of feed for pigs have been published previously.
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