Changes in the structure of animal husbandry in Russia from 2011 to 2020

Abstract

Purpose: analysis of changes in the structure of fur farming industries by the number of fur farms with different numbers of livestock for the period from 2011 to 2020.Depending on the size of the livestock, farms are grouped into several groups: small, medium, large, large and very large. Given the prevalence of certain types of fur-bearing animals on farms, 5 groups were identified for mink, 4 for foxes, and 3 groups for arctic fox and sable.For the period from 2011 to 2019 in the fur farms of the Russian Federation, there is a constant decrease in the number of minks (by 7.1%), arctic foxes (by 38.1%) and foxes (by 40.6%). During these years, the number of sables increased by 91.0%. Over a 9-year period, 12 mink farms, 5 fox and 6 arctic fox farms were liquidated. 6 new mink farms were formed, 2 fox, 4 fox and 4 sable. Despite the unfavorable state in fur farming, by 2019, in eight mink breeding farms, the breeding stock increased from 990 (Vyatka) to 27,501 (Furs) females of the main herd. A trend of enlargement of mink farms was noted. There is a decrease in the number of breeding stock on fox and arctic fox farms. In fox farming, after 9 years, 5 farms remained in the “large” and “large” groups (in 2011 there were 9), in fox farming, 3 farms remained in the “medium” and “large” groups (in 2011 there were 8). In sable breeding, an increase in livestock on 9 farms was recorded from 490 (“Russian sable”) to 5435 (“Magistralny”) females. In 2019, of all fur farms, only one belongs to the “small” group. For 9 years, the breed composition of certain types of fur-bearing animals has changed. The mink gene pool has decreased by three colors, the share of the brown group is decreasing, the share of color groups is increasing. In foxes, the share of the silver-black breed increased by 3.6%. In sable breeding, the share of the black sable breed increased by 1.8%.