In the Central Federal District fell beef and pork

Central Federal District demonstrates the highest rates in the Russian production of livestock and poultry, and wholesale prices since the beginning of the year were down.

In total, from January to April was sent to slaughter 1087000 tons of livestock and poultry in live weight, the year the figure rose to 19,4%.

Most regions of the Central Federal District showed growth in output in the current year relative to last year's level. Negative dynamics marked by just three regions: in the Kostroma region in January-April this year, was sent to slaughter 7.2 million tons of livestock and poultry, which is 5% lower than last year, in the Ryazan region - 19.1 thousand tons, which is 3% lower in the Tver region - 33,5 thousand tons, down 1%. In other regions of the positive dynamics, the highest growth rate for the year we are seeing in the Kursk region - in January-April this year, 2.4 times higher than last year. The share of the Belgorod region from the total figure for Russia is 18% of the figure for the Central District, the region accounted for 43% or 468 thousand tons. Last year alone, the volume of production in the region could be increased by 15%.

to May 1, 2013 in the agricultural Central District, there were 2,079,000 head of cattle, which is 1.2% higher than last year at the relevant date. The number of pigs in that time in the CFA increased by 31.1% to 7,429,000. goals to 1 May 2013. The number of sheep and goats in the agricultural Central District for the year increased by 13.5% to 156 thousand. The number of poultry in the Central Federal District for the year increased by 8.1% to 13 million head, which is 33% of the total agricultural organizations in the Russian Federation. According to the portal