Agriculture

The volume of agricultural production in the Leningrad Region in January-December 2020, according to preliminary data, amounted to 85.2 billion rubles and increased by 0.1% compared to the level of 2019 (a year earlier there was an increase of 1.0%). including in agricultural organizations – 66.6 billion rubles (1.6% more).

Plant growing

The volume of crop production amounted to 21.9 billion rubles, or 95.8% to the level of 2019.

According to preliminary data, in 2020, farms of all categories threshed 160.7 thousand tons of grain in weight after processing, 187.1 thousand tons of potatoes were dug up, 130.4 thousand tons of open field vegetables were harvested. Compared to 2019, grain was harvested by 10.6% more, potatoes harvested by 8.7%, open field vegetables – by 9.8%.

Livestock

Produced in all categories of farms

Productivity in large, medium and small agricultural enterprises

 

January - December 2020

by the corresponding period of 2019

 

January - December 2020

by the corresponding period of 2019

meat (livestock and poultry for slaughter in live weight), thousand tons

376.2

99.9

per cow, kg

9156

104.8

Milk, thousand tons

655.4

102.8

for one laying hen, pcs

 

311

99.4

egg, mln pcs.

3198.0

104.3

Households and farmers produced 2.5% of meat and 5.8% of milk and 1.9% eggs. All agricultural producers of the region sold in January-December 2020: 369.4 thousand tons of meat (livestock and poultry in live weight), or 99.1% by January-December 2019; 600.9 thousand tons of milk and dairy products, or 102.6%; 3111.6 million eggs, or 110.1%.

Livestock (as of January 1, 2021):

 

Thousand heads

by January 2020

Cattle

175.4

98.3

Pigs

181.8

107.2

Poultry (million heads)

30.2

102.8

 
By the beginning of January 2021, households and farmers accounted for 9.1% of the cattle, 3.1% of pigs, 81.8% of sheep and goats.
Updated at 18.10.2021