June 22, 2012

Miratorg to open pig farm in Russia's Kursk region

Russian agricultural firm, Miratorg, has revealed plans for a new RUB6.25 billion (US$205 million) pig farm in the Kursk region, Russia, near the end of 2012.

The farm will consist of four separate complexes, across three sites: one farm for the expected 5,000 sows and two zones for rearing and fattening with a capacity of 26,289 pigs per zone. The total production capacity of pig farm will be in total 200,000 pigs - simultaneously producing more than 50,000 tonnes of pork meat in live weight per year.

In 2013, Miratorg will start building a number of other complexes with the same parameters in the Kursk region. Kursk Governor, Alexander Mikhailov, and President of Miratorg, Viktor Linnik, signed an agreement to that effect in early 2012. Miratorg intends to invest US$330 million in the region on construction, which will chiefly be located in the Sudzhansky and Oboyan areas. The holding intends to expand its acreage in the Kursk region from the current 8,000 hectares to 25,000-30,000 hectares, to provide the increasing the pig stock in the region with sufficient feed resources.