According to Viktor Shebalov, Head of the Department for Livestock Production and Sectoral Construction of the Committee for Agriculture and Food of the Regional Executive Committee, the gross milk production amounted to 740.9 thousand tons (growth rate compared to 2019 – 103.4%) with an average yield of 4030 kg per cow.
According to Viktor Shebalov, Head of the Department for Livestock Production and Sectoral Construction of the Committee for Agriculture and Food of the Regional Executive Committee, the gross milk production amounted to 740.9 thousand tons (growth rate compared to 2019 – 103.4%) with an average yield of 4030 kg per cow. Vitebsk District leads in this indicator with 6245 kg. Four more regions surpassed the 5 thousand kg mark: Gorodok District (5596 kg), Verkhnedvinsk District (5437 kg), Orsha District (5314 kg), and Beshenkovichi District (5020 kg).
Seventeen farms obtained over 5 thousand kg per cow, ten farms – 6 thousand kg, and twelve farms – 7 thousand kg. SPC "Larinovka" of Orsha District continues to impress with its growth towards a European standard, achieving 11,422 kg (+380 kg). It is followed by the branch "SHP "MazolovoGaz" of UP "Vitebskoblgaz" of Vitebsk District – 9208 kg (+290 kg), OJSC "Shaiterovo" of Verkhnedvinsk District – 8720 kg (+31 kg), OJSC "Agrokombinat "Yubileiny" of Orsha District – 7845 kg (+27 kg), and OJSC "Vitebskaya Broiler Poultry Farm" – 7720 kg (+836 kg).
In the livestock industry of the Vitebsk region, the cattle population is 189.9 thousand heads (an increase of 1605 heads compared to 2019), including 182.9 thousand dairy cows (1211).