In the first nine months of this year, farms of all categories produced 2,454 tons of pigs for slaughter in live weight.
rate this year by 12.5 % (or 272 tons ) than last year . The high growth rate provided commissioned at the end of last year, new facilities, as well as a set of measures to reduce imports. p>
demonstrated the highest rates of the Central Federal District. Here are concentrated 46 % of the total Russian production of all categories of farms . Total production in the area in January- September totaled 1,132 thousand tons of pig (live weight ) , the rate of growth compared to last year, the highest - 35 % , or 295,700 tons. p>
high growth rates in the Central Federal District eliminates the negative trend in the Southern District . Frequent outbreaks of African swine fever in the area led to the closure of many farms . As a result, from January to September 2013 produced about 163 thousand tons , up 23.7 % ( 132 thousand tons) a year earlier . p>
In other districts the following figures . Volga District , compared to the same period in 2012 increased its production by 15,000 tons ( 458.3 tonnes in live weight ) in Siberian District figure rose to 31,000 tons (up to 340.4 thousand tons), in the Urals Federal District - 25 thousand tons (up to 143.4 thousand tons), in the North- West Federal District - 14.1 thousand tons (up 62.5 tons), and even in the Far Eastern Federal District - 0.8 million tons to (102.6 thousand tons). p>