Azerbaijan import 1,000 heads of breeding animals from Europe

16:54 - 22.02.2021


February 22, Fineko/abc.az. Sheep breeds “Lacaune”, “Landschaft Merino”, “Ile de France” and “Suffolk” were imported in Azerbaijan from Europe.

ABC.AZ was informed at the Ministry of Agriculture that over 1000 heads of breeding animals are undergoing the process of adaptation to local climatic conditions at livestock enterprise State Production & Processing Association Azeragrar LLC, located in Agsu district of the country.

Pedigree sheep are selected on the productivity and quality of meat, dairy- meat and dairy products. Since these breeds quickly adapt to local climatic conditions, farmers are interested in breeding not only local sheep on their farms, but also sheep of foreign breeds.

 

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