Miratorg boosts pork production 1% to 155,000 tonnes in H1
BELGOROD. Aug 1 (Interfax) - Russian agribusiness holding Miratorg produced 154,900 tonnes of pork in January-June 2017, 1% more than in the same period last year, the company said in a press release.
"The pork unit produced 189,600 tonnes of pork live weight for slaughter in the first half. SK Korocha, the largest meat processing plant in Russia, processes over 3 million head of pigs a year and has been operating at full capacity," Miratorg said.
The live weight pork production in H1 2017 was 0.3% higher than 189,000 tonnes in H1 2016.
Miratorg, established in 1995, is one of the leading operators on the Russian food market. The companies in the holding provide full-cycle production "from the field to the counter" in 15 Russian regions. The holding includes grain companies, fodder plants, elevators, 27 major automated hog farms and meat processing companies. Miratorg is owned by Victor and Alexander Linnik