Russia invests in building large-sized dairy farms

By building hundreds of large dairy farms, Russia wants to become almost self-sufficient for dairy. But the country has still many challenges that need to be overcome first. Before 2020, Russia wants to build nearly 800 new large-sized dairy farms designed for at least 3,000 heads of dairy cattle each. This was announced by Alexander Tkachev, Russia’s Agricultural Minister, at the Grain-Feed-Veterinary conference in Moscow, last February. He estimated that this plan will increase Russia’s d