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Russia has 5.8% fewer registered pig-breeding businesses
At the start of October, Russia had 1,860 registered businesses involved in pig breeding, 5.8% fewer than a year earlier.
The total included about 1,450 individual entrepreneurs and 404 legal entities, both down from the previous year.
National Pig Producers Union head Yuri Kovalev said most registered businesses in these categories are not professional operators.
He said the market is consolidating as industrial farms become more efficient and disease-related risks affect the sector.
Smaller farms often cannot meet high biosecurity standards, he said.
Costs for raising pigs have also risen: in 2025, they reached 95 rubles per kilogram, 8% above 2024 and 26.7% above 2023.
The figures point to a sector increasingly dominated by larger producers, but no further changes or next steps were stated.
Russia had 1,860 registered pig-breeding businesses at the beginning of October, down 5.8% year on year.
The figures were reported by Kommersant, citing data from Kontur.Focus.
The number of individual entrepreneurs in the sector fell 5.7% to about 1,450, while legal entities fell 6% to 404.
National Union of Pig Breeders head Yuri Kovalev said most registered businesses were non-professional operators.
Kovalev said market consolidation was driven by greater efficiency at industrial farms and epizootic factors.
- Who
- Pig-breeding businesses in Russia; the figures include individual entrepreneurs and legal entities.
- What
- The number of registered businesses fell 5.8% year on year to 1,860.
- When
- At the beginning of October; the article was published on October 11, 2026.
- Where
- Russia.
- Why
- Yuri Kovalev said market consolidation was driven by improved efficiency at industrial farms and epizootic factors.
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Small businesses are unable to achieve a high level of biosecurity.
The average cost of grain for Russian pork producers was 11,000–12,000 rubles per tonne including VAT, according to experts cited in the article.
The cost of raising pigs was 95 rubles per kilogram, 8% higher than in 2024 and 26.7% higher than in 2023.
Russia had 1,860 registered pig-breeding businesses, down 5.8% year on year.
- Registered pig-breeding businesses
- 1,860 at the beginning of October
- Year-on-year change
- Down 5.8%
- Individual entrepreneurs
- About 1,450, down 5.7% year on year
- Legal entities
- 404, down 6% year on year
- Pig-raising cost in 2025
- 95 rubles per kilogram
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