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Milk giant Russia has doubled production
EkoNiva Group, Russia's largest dairy farm, has doubled milk production in just 15 months. At the beginning of April, more than 2.000 tons of milk were produced in 1 day for the first time.
To be able to produce this amount every day, more than 75.000 cows are milked on the dairy farm of EkoNiva† In total there are 133.000 animals on the farm, which means that the livestock here has increased by 42% compared to December 31, 2017.
In addition, EkoNiva Group also has access to approximately 535.000 hectares of land. However, the company does not own the land. EkoNiva Group owns 'only' 194.000 hectares of this.
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However, the expansion plans are still not complete. There is also a cheese factory under construction. With this, EkoNiva wants to avoid volatile milk prices and add a special value to the milk.
EkoNiva has already announced that it wants to eventually grow to a daily milk production of 3.000 tons. To achieve that goal, the dairy farm must grow to at least 100.000 dairy cows. The facilities for this expansion are still under construction, but are likely to be commissioned in 2019.
Invest in factory
That EkoNiva wants to increase the margins on its milk is also apparent from the investment it has made in a large dairy factory. Ultimately, 1.000 tons of milk must be processed in that factory every day. The planned delivery of the factory is in 2020.
Tim Roetman
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