Penza, 11 October 2017. PenzaNews. The growth of production performance in the livestock sector was registered in the Penza region as a result of nine months of 2017 compared to the analogous period of the previous year. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Agriculture of the region.

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According to the department, from January to September of the current year, over 205,000 tons of livestock and poultry for slaughter in live weight were produced, which is 1.3% more than in 2016. At the same time, in agricultural organizations the volume of production reached the level of 187,000 tons, which is 1.7% higher than last year.

About 272,000 tons of milk were produced by farms of all forms of incorporation, which is 1.3% more than in the period of January-September 2016. In agricultural enterprises, the volume of production increased by 4.1% – up to 124,700 tons.

In addition, the region also produced 231 million eggs of all kinds. The egg production increased in agricultural organizations by 5.4% – as a result of the nine months the performance equalled to 130.5 million eggs.