TOP 30 Russia’s regions-leaders in milk production in the first quarter of 2020
According to the Russian Federal Statistic Service (Rosstat), agricultural enterprises within the Russian Federation produced during the first quarter of 2020 in total 4.36 million tons of milk. Rosstat notes as of April 1, the larger agricultural enterprises hold 8.1 million cattle, of which 3.25 million cows and the smaller family farms kept 2.79 million cattle, including 1.3 million milking cows. ‘DairyNews’ prepared a rating of 30 leading regions in milk production at the larger agricultural enterprises in Russia with some surprising changes.
DairyNews rating
It is worth noting that the rating of ‘DairyNews’ shows interesting changes in Russia in the first three months of 2020 compared to the same period in the previous year (2019). The top leaders in milk production for example have changed - Voronezh region has overtaken Udmurtia and occupies a stable third place. Sverdlovsk region came close to the top five, being in the sixth place. In addition, the top ten includes Vologda region, which previously occupied the 13th place of rating. Bashkortostan has started to increase production as well – large agricultural enterprises in this Russian republic have been losing milk last year.
No. |
Republic / Region Russian Federation |
Milk production of large agricultural enterprises January-March 2020 (thousands of tons) |
Change compared to January-March 2019 |
1 |
Tatarstan |
297,5 |
+6,9% |
2 |
Krasnodar |
276,2 |
+12,3% |
3 |
Voronezh |
194,3 |
+8,5% |
4 |
Udmurtia |
181,6 |
+4,7% |
5 |
Kirov |
176,2 |
+6,6% |
6 |
Sverdlovsk |
159,6 |
+8,1% |
7 |
Moscow |
156,8 |
+6,3% |
8 |
Novosibirsk |
155,6 |
+12,7% |
9 |
Leningrad |
154,5 |
+2,1% |
10 |
Vologda |
138,8 |
+6,8% |
11 |
Altai |
137,2 |
+5,5% |
12 |
Belgorod |
133,5 |
+4,5% |
13 |
Bashkortostan |
131,2 |
+7,6% |
14 |
Nizhny Novgorod |
125,4 |
+5,7% |
15 |
Ryazan |
113,7 |
+23,3% |
16 |
Perm |
111,7 |
+6,7% |
17 |
Krasnoyarsk |
100,7 |
+6,8% |
18 |
Kaluga |
99,5 |
+19,4% |
19 |
Vladimir |
97,7 |
+5,3% |
20 |
Tyumen (+ Khanty-Mansi) |
93,5 |
+7,1% |
21 |
Mordovia |
92,9 |
+7,8% |
22 |
Omsk |
78,9 |
+3,2% |
23 |
Yaroslavl |
74,0 |
+5,7% |
24 |
Lipetsk |
56,4 |
+8,8% |
25 |
Kursk |
51,3 |
+28,3% |
26 |
Bryansk |
49,3 |
+7,3% |
27 |
Penza |
48,1 |
+18,2% |
28 |
Chelyabinsk |
42,2 |
+4,2% |
29 |
Kemerovo |
37,5 |
+6,0% |
30 |
Chuvashia |
37,2 |
+12,3% |
Kursk region (+28.3%) and Ryazan region, where a number of major investment projects of the “EkoNiva” holding is being implemented (+23.3%), have become the leaders in terms of production growth. Ryazan region has even overtaken Kaluga region, which held the lead for many months (+19.4%). For the first time in several years, Kemerovo region and Chuvashia entered the rating - the regions overtook Orenburg and Pskov regions.
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