Chicken production in Russia has practically stopped growing due to market saturation and competition with pork. This has been reported “Vedomosti” According to Rosstat data for January-August 2023.
Russia produced 4.3 million tons of live weight chicken meat for 8 months; This represents an increase of only 0.7% compared to the previous year. According to Albert Davleev, Head of Agri-Food Strategies, the meat market is now stabilizing and the growth of chicken production is being hampered by the large supply of cheap pork.
The Ministry of Agriculture draws attention to the positive dynamics in poultry farming, but a more significant growth is expected to occur only at the end of the year.
At the end of September, it became known that there were Russian stores. wretched Infect with ASF
Previously, chicken prices in Russia fell due to sanctions and logistics problems. to beat It is a historical record, reaching almost 200 rubles per kilogram.