Ministry of Agriculture: Russia to increase raw milk production in 2025

Russian milk producers are planning to increase production for the next year, as discussed by the Ministry of Agriculture and industry representatives. Despite an increase in production, which reached 26.1 million tons in the first nine months of the year, there has been a rise in the average prices for all categories of dairy products since the start of the year, which has surpassed inflation by 7.4%. The most significant price increase was seen in butter, with a rise of 30.2%.

Russian producers of raw milk will continue to expand the production of this product next year. As reported by the Ministry of Agriculture, this was discussed at a meeting between the head of the ministry, Oksana Lut, and industry representatives dedicated to the situation on the dairy market. The minister noted that increasing the production of raw materials is a priority. According to her, over the first nine months of this year, it increased to 26.1 million tons (the official data for milk use hard units of measurement - ROSNG), which is 0.7 percent more than for the same period in 2023. The ministry also cited Rosstat data on production last year. It amounted to 33.811 million tons, or 2.5% more year-on-year. Of these, agricultural organizations accounted for 20.091 million (+5.7%). 215 thousand tons of dry milk and cream were produced, or 24 thousand more, the production of other types of milk decreased by 60 thousand to 5.7 million tons, butter and butter pastes increased ...