9 September 2022
The challenges and prospects for poultry farming in the region were discussed at a meeting of the Tyumen Regional Duma’s Committee on Agrarian Affairs and Land Relations. The region’s poultry sector comprises five poultry farms. Borovskaya Poultry Farm PJSC and Pyshminskaya Poultry Farm CJSC produce eggs, while PRODO Tyumen Broiler JSC, Absolut-Agro LLC and a new large-scale, fully integrated operation, Ruscom LLC, produce meat.
Thanks to substantial investment and strong government support, poultry farming in the region has grown year after year. Poultry-meat production has almost doubled over the past five years. According to Deputy Governor Vladimir Cheymetov, director of the regional Department of the Agro-Industrial Complex, this substantial growth was achieved by commissioning new production capacity and modernizing existing enterprises. Efforts to increase poultry numbers and the volume of marketable products continue.
“Last year, Ruscom LLC completed a major project of great importance to the regional agro-industrial sector: a broiler-rearing and processing complex with an annual capacity of 40,000 tonnes of meat,” the deputy governor recalled. “The enterprise reached full production capacity in November 2021 and produced 38,000 tonnes of poultry meat in live weight over the year. In 2022, Ruscom LLC plans to produce 55,000 tonnes of meat.”
The turkey-meat production complex is operating successfully and steadily. Four sites, each with 9 buildings, have been built at the poultry-rearing enterprise in Yurginsky Municipal District. Poultry is processed at a slaughter facility in Zavodoukovsk Urban District. The enterprise keeps a total of 273,000 birds. Production in 2021 totalled 12,000 tonnes.
Today, Absolut-Agro LLC is one of the leading turkey-meat producers in the Ural Federal District.
The first stage of modernization at Pyshminskaya Poultry Farm has been completed. Design and technical documentation for the second stage of reconstruction is now being prepared. Construction and commissioning of a feed heat-treatment facility and the phased construction of six new poultry houses to replace outdated facilities are planned for 2022–2024.
This year, PRODO Tyumen Broiler JSC reconstructed its rendering facility and began work to upgrade the transformer substation and replace processing equipment at the slaughter and processing complex.
Significant prospects are associated with the turkey breeding farm being built under an agreement previously signed by the Tyumen Region government, Damate Group and Rosselkhozbank. The project comprises ten poultry sites: five for replacement young stock and five for parent stock. Its full production capacity is 12 million hatching eggs per year. Investment totals RUB 5.2 billion.
The company’s management recently decided to build two additional sites, bringing the district’s total to 12. The breeding farm’s capacity will meet 20% of the Russian Federation’s demand for turkey hatching eggs.
The first batch of birds is scheduled to arrive as early as November this year.
Products from the region’s poultry farms enjoy steady demand in many Russian regions. Apart from southern Tyumen Region and the northern autonomous districts, the largest sales destinations are Moscow, Krasnodar Territory, St Petersburg, Sverdlovsk Region, Udmurtia and Tatarstan.
Egg production, however, has not achieved such impressive results, for well-known reasons. On 13 October 2021, an avian influenza outbreak was recorded at the region’s largest enterprise, Borovskaya Poultry Farm. A state of emergency was urgently introduced within two municipalities in Tyumen Region. To prevent the dangerous infection from spreading further, more than 4.3 million birds, 19 million eggs and hundreds of tonnes of other poultry products were seized and destroyed.
On 25 February, after quarantine was lifted, the enterprise began rebuilding its flock. Deliveries of hatching eggs, day-old chicks and 11-week-old parent-stock chicks of highly productive crosses began in March. In the first seven months of this year, 72.5 million eggs were produced. Production is expected to reach at least 220 million eggs by the end of the year and 735 million in 2023.
“Vladimir Nikolayevich, how ready is the poultry sector for import substitution?” asked Natalya Shevchik, deputy chair of the Regional Duma and a member of the United Russia faction, during the discussion. “How dependent are we on supplies from abroad of hatching eggs, feed, biological supplements, vaccines, packaging materials and the many other things needed for the sector’s successful development?”
“Natalya Alexandrovna, that is a very timely and wide-ranging question,” Vladimir Cheymetov remarked. “Borovskaya Poultry Farm is currently being stocked from Russian breeding farms. But the poultry cross was originally imported. Unfortunately, domestic crosses do not have the required performance in terms of egg production and weight gain. Russia’s Agriculture Ministry has therefore been tasked with stepping up work in this area together with the scientific community.”
Opening new breeding farms helps reduce the shortage of young birds for stocking and flock replacement. One example is our turkey breeding farm in Isetsky District. Whereas the Russian Federation previously had to import 400 truckloads of hatching eggs alone each year, implementation of our project will reduce that requirement to just 40 truckloads. Ten times fewer! However, imports will still be needed to maintain world-class performance. As for feed additives and other supplies, prices have risen somewhat because of changes in logistics, but there are no shortages. Domestic vaccine producers have made considerable progress. Foreign suppliers of veterinary medicines are also present on the market. The sector is therefore operating steadily, with no supply disruptions.
United Russia member Viktor Rein recalled that requests concerning vaccination at poultry farms had been sent to Russia’s Agriculture Ministry, but had not received support, leaving the issue unresolved.
“There is considerable debate about the advisability and, above all, the effectiveness of vaccination,” the deputy governor said. “The scientific community is divided: there are arguments in favour of vaccination and arguments against it. For this reason, the Agriculture Ministry’s leadership has not yet authorized vaccination.”
“We already have the painful experience of Borovskaya Poultry Farm, and special attention should certainly be paid to our large livestock enterprises,” stressed Oksana Velichko, a member of the United Russia faction. “Issues relating to the implementation of preventive veterinary and sanitary measures are always important and relevant.”
“I recently met with residents of Borovsky,” continued Artyom Zaitsev, a member of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR) faction. “I would like to convey the residents’ thanks to Governor Alexander Moor, the Tyumen Region government, the Department of the Agro-Industrial Complex, the poultry farm’s management and everyone who helped save the enterprise and get it operating again. Preserving an enterprise that sustains a town means a great deal.”
The deputies acknowledged the regional government’s systematic efforts to develop poultry farming and recommended that the Regional Duma conclude its monitoring of the resolution “On the Challenges and Prospects for the Development of Poultry Farming in Tyumen Region”.
“Today we considered a very important issue,” commented Vladimir Kovin, chair of the Regional Duma’s Committee on Agrarian Affairs and Land Relations and a member of the United Russia faction. “Through large-scale projects in Yurga and Golyshmanovo and extensive modernization of existing enterprises, our meat production has increased by more than 96% over the past five years. At the same time, the avian influenza outbreak at Borovskaya Poultry Farm reduced egg production by 9.5%.”
Our large poultry enterprises play a very important role. As a rule, they sustain their towns and provide jobs for local residents. They certainly require systematic and comprehensive support. Therefore, although we have proposed concluding formal monitoring of the issue, we will return to this important subject very soon to ensure that it remains a focus of attention.
Thanks to substantial investment and strong government support, poultry farming in the region has grown year after year. Poultry-meat production has almost doubled over the past five years. According to Deputy Governor Vladimir Cheymetov, director of the regional Department of the Agro-Industrial Complex, this substantial growth was achieved by commissioning new production capacity and modernizing existing enterprises. Efforts to increase poultry numbers and the volume of marketable products continue.
“Last year, Ruscom LLC completed a major project of great importance to the regional agro-industrial sector: a broiler-rearing and processing complex with an annual capacity of 40,000 tonnes of meat,” the deputy governor recalled. “The enterprise reached full production capacity in November 2021 and produced 38,000 tonnes of poultry meat in live weight over the year. In 2022, Ruscom LLC plans to produce 55,000 tonnes of meat.”
The turkey-meat production complex is operating successfully and steadily. Four sites, each with 9 buildings, have been built at the poultry-rearing enterprise in Yurginsky Municipal District. Poultry is processed at a slaughter facility in Zavodoukovsk Urban District. The enterprise keeps a total of 273,000 birds. Production in 2021 totalled 12,000 tonnes.
Today, Absolut-Agro LLC is one of the leading turkey-meat producers in the Ural Federal District.
The first stage of modernization at Pyshminskaya Poultry Farm has been completed. Design and technical documentation for the second stage of reconstruction is now being prepared. Construction and commissioning of a feed heat-treatment facility and the phased construction of six new poultry houses to replace outdated facilities are planned for 2022–2024.
This year, PRODO Tyumen Broiler JSC reconstructed its rendering facility and began work to upgrade the transformer substation and replace processing equipment at the slaughter and processing complex.
Significant prospects are associated with the turkey breeding farm being built under an agreement previously signed by the Tyumen Region government, Damate Group and Rosselkhozbank. The project comprises ten poultry sites: five for replacement young stock and five for parent stock. Its full production capacity is 12 million hatching eggs per year. Investment totals RUB 5.2 billion.
The company’s management recently decided to build two additional sites, bringing the district’s total to 12. The breeding farm’s capacity will meet 20% of the Russian Federation’s demand for turkey hatching eggs.
The first batch of birds is scheduled to arrive as early as November this year.
Products from the region’s poultry farms enjoy steady demand in many Russian regions. Apart from southern Tyumen Region and the northern autonomous districts, the largest sales destinations are Moscow, Krasnodar Territory, St Petersburg, Sverdlovsk Region, Udmurtia and Tatarstan.
Egg production, however, has not achieved such impressive results, for well-known reasons. On 13 October 2021, an avian influenza outbreak was recorded at the region’s largest enterprise, Borovskaya Poultry Farm. A state of emergency was urgently introduced within two municipalities in Tyumen Region. To prevent the dangerous infection from spreading further, more than 4.3 million birds, 19 million eggs and hundreds of tonnes of other poultry products were seized and destroyed.
On 25 February, after quarantine was lifted, the enterprise began rebuilding its flock. Deliveries of hatching eggs, day-old chicks and 11-week-old parent-stock chicks of highly productive crosses began in March. In the first seven months of this year, 72.5 million eggs were produced. Production is expected to reach at least 220 million eggs by the end of the year and 735 million in 2023.
“Vladimir Nikolayevich, how ready is the poultry sector for import substitution?” asked Natalya Shevchik, deputy chair of the Regional Duma and a member of the United Russia faction, during the discussion. “How dependent are we on supplies from abroad of hatching eggs, feed, biological supplements, vaccines, packaging materials and the many other things needed for the sector’s successful development?”
“Natalya Alexandrovna, that is a very timely and wide-ranging question,” Vladimir Cheymetov remarked. “Borovskaya Poultry Farm is currently being stocked from Russian breeding farms. But the poultry cross was originally imported. Unfortunately, domestic crosses do not have the required performance in terms of egg production and weight gain. Russia’s Agriculture Ministry has therefore been tasked with stepping up work in this area together with the scientific community.”
Opening new breeding farms helps reduce the shortage of young birds for stocking and flock replacement. One example is our turkey breeding farm in Isetsky District. Whereas the Russian Federation previously had to import 400 truckloads of hatching eggs alone each year, implementation of our project will reduce that requirement to just 40 truckloads. Ten times fewer! However, imports will still be needed to maintain world-class performance. As for feed additives and other supplies, prices have risen somewhat because of changes in logistics, but there are no shortages. Domestic vaccine producers have made considerable progress. Foreign suppliers of veterinary medicines are also present on the market. The sector is therefore operating steadily, with no supply disruptions.
United Russia member Viktor Rein recalled that requests concerning vaccination at poultry farms had been sent to Russia’s Agriculture Ministry, but had not received support, leaving the issue unresolved.
“There is considerable debate about the advisability and, above all, the effectiveness of vaccination,” the deputy governor said. “The scientific community is divided: there are arguments in favour of vaccination and arguments against it. For this reason, the Agriculture Ministry’s leadership has not yet authorized vaccination.”
“We already have the painful experience of Borovskaya Poultry Farm, and special attention should certainly be paid to our large livestock enterprises,” stressed Oksana Velichko, a member of the United Russia faction. “Issues relating to the implementation of preventive veterinary and sanitary measures are always important and relevant.”
“I recently met with residents of Borovsky,” continued Artyom Zaitsev, a member of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR) faction. “I would like to convey the residents’ thanks to Governor Alexander Moor, the Tyumen Region government, the Department of the Agro-Industrial Complex, the poultry farm’s management and everyone who helped save the enterprise and get it operating again. Preserving an enterprise that sustains a town means a great deal.”
The deputies acknowledged the regional government’s systematic efforts to develop poultry farming and recommended that the Regional Duma conclude its monitoring of the resolution “On the Challenges and Prospects for the Development of Poultry Farming in Tyumen Region”.
“Today we considered a very important issue,” commented Vladimir Kovin, chair of the Regional Duma’s Committee on Agrarian Affairs and Land Relations and a member of the United Russia faction. “Through large-scale projects in Yurga and Golyshmanovo and extensive modernization of existing enterprises, our meat production has increased by more than 96% over the past five years. At the same time, the avian influenza outbreak at Borovskaya Poultry Farm reduced egg production by 9.5%.”
Our large poultry enterprises play a very important role. As a rule, they sustain their towns and provide jobs for local residents. They certainly require systematic and comprehensive support. Therefore, although we have proposed concluding formal monitoring of the issue, we will return to this important subject very soon to ensure that it remains a focus of attention.