The Minister of Agriculture and Food of the Republic of Tatarstan reported on the current milk price situation.
Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Tatarstan - Minister of Agriculture and Food of the Republic of Tatarstan Marat Zyabbarov reported on the current milk price situation in Tatarstan today at a national meeting held in the Government House of the Republic of Tatarstan. The meeting was chaired by Rustam Minnikhanov, Chairman of the Tatarstan Council. All municipal districts participated in the meeting via videoconference.
Marat Zyabbarov discussed the current milk purchase price situation, which has been declining since December 2025. The main reason for this decline was the significant increase in total dairy product inventories both in Tatarstan and nationwide. Dairy product inventories at dairy processing plants in the republic exceeded 8,780 tons, including 2,020 tons of butter, 4,957 tons of cheese, and 1,158 tons of powdered milk. This represents a 40% increase compared to the same period in 2025. The increase in inventories is due to high prices for local dairy products and increased sales of dairy products from the Republic of Belarus at lower prices.
Currently, the average price of raw milk in agricultural enterprises is 38 rubles 70 kopecks per kilogram excluding VAT, which is 20% lower than the same period last year. This is essentially a repeat of the situation in 2023, when, by the end of 2022, increased milk production and carryover stocks of finished products exceeded consumption. In the private household farm (PHF) sector, the average purchase price of milk is 32 rubles 90 kopecks per kilogram.
To stabilize raw milk prices and the dairy industry as a whole, the budgets of the Republic of Tatarstan and the federal government have allocated comprehensive support for producers and processors: 177.7 million rubles for milk processing at dairies, 505 million rubles for milk production at small and medium-sized farms, 1.14 billion rubles to support livestock breeding, and 185 million rubles for agricultural consumer cooperatives and processors for milk purchases. Over 4 billion rubles have been allocated this year for technical and technological modernization, subsidizing a portion of the costs of equipment purchased in 2023-2025. These measures are aimed at compensating for lost revenue and maintaining production profitability.
The minister also emphasized that, in the current environment, it is important for agricultural producers to focus on optimizing technological processes and revising their diets. The key objective is to reduce production costs while maintaining positive dynamics and economic efficiency.