Livestock update Q3 2011
During the past quarter, the livestock branch of Alpcot Agro has increased milk production volumes by 1.7 percent and has grown by 220 heads to a total of 6,320 animals.
Alpcot Agro (“the Company”) operates four large dairy farms with milk and meat production in Russia. During Q3 2011, sales of livestock related produce amounted to RUB 50.3 million (SEK 10.6 million). It is a decrease by 0.7 percent compared to the previous quarter, mainly due to a slight decrease in milk prices.
During Q3 2011, the average milk production on all of the Company’s farms amounted to 36.2 tons per day, an increase by 1.7 percent from 35.6 tons per day in the previous quarter. The average production per cow fell from 499 liters per month during Q2 to 480 liters per month during Q3, which is a normal seasonal variation.
At 30 September, the Company’s livestock herd amounted to 6,320 animals, whereof 2,290 milking cows, 3,270 heifers/dry cows and 760 bulls and calves, compared to 2,170 milking cows, 3,160 heifers/dry cows and 770 bulls and calves at the end of the previous quarter, in total an increase by about 220 cattle heads during the quarter. Of the 800 heifers that were ordered in June, so far 200 have been delivered from quarantine and the remainder will be included in the herd during Q4.
Jens Peter Aabyen, Managing Director of Alpcot Agro, comments:
“During the period, we have made significant advances in animal health, and mortality numbers are at an all-time low. The reproduction program is running at full steam and more than 300 heifers have been impregnated during the quarter.
And perhaps most importantly, we are now well under way with replacing the old Simmental cows with high yielding Holstein cows, which will give significant increases on productivity per cow going forward.”
Stockholm, 12 October 2011
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About Alpcot Agro AB (publ)
Alpcot Agro is a Swedish limited liability company incorporated in 2006. The Company's business idea is to generate an attractive return on invested capital by optimally utilizing the Company’s agricultural land bank through crop production, dairy farming and other similar operations in Russia and the other CIS states. The shares in Alpcot Agro are listed on First North under the ticker ALPA and the Company’s Certified Adviser is Remium. Additional information is available on www.alpcotagro.com.