Vietnamese TH Group opens dairy farm in Russia

Vietnamese dairy producer TH Group recently opened the first high-yield dairy farm in Russia. The company is located in the Volokolamsk district (which falls under Moscow).

The dairy farm received its first 3 Holstein-Friesian cows, imported from the United States, on January 1.100. It is expected that 11 to 12 tons of milk per cow will be produced, which means that the dairy farm can currently produce 30 tons of milk per day.

The Vietnamese company has invested $500 million in the company. It will cover more than 50.000 hectares and house approximately 45.000 cows. When fully operational, production is expected to reach 234.000 tons of milk per year.

Multiple investments
Besides the above project, TH Group is also building a dairy farm in Kaluga state. The Vietnamese company hopes to open this business in the first quarter of 2018. In addition, the company also signed investment agreements in the state of Tyumen and the Republic of Bashkortostan. It is also preparing for a new project in the Russian Far East.

According to figures from the National Supreme Producers Union, in 2016 there were about 8,25 million dairy cows in Russia, good for 30,7 million tons of fresh milk. However, the country still had to import approximately 7,2 million tons of milk and is still struggling with a shortage of milk.

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