Entertainment, of course, is not the main goal of the tournament shearers. The Ministry of agriculture and fisheries of the Astrakhan region said that in the first place this competition is an incentive for shepherds, increasing the credibility of the profession and prestige of agriculture.

Before ten sheep barbers were given the task - in the eyes of the public to cut three fine-wooled sheep. Moreover, the jury took into account not only the agility, speed, and quality of work. The winners were Samigula of Nigmetov of the Astrakhan region, Samat Kadyrov of Kalmykia and Ruslan Salatov of the Volgograd region. All-Russian exhibition of breeding sheep and goats has become a platform for exchange of experience between breeders of the Russian regions.

Together with the Deputy Minister of agriculture of Russia Dzhambulat Hatuova with the breeders of the Russian regions spoke the Governor of Astrakhan region Alexander Zhilkin. According to the Deputy Minister of agriculture of Russia Dzhambulat hatuova, Astrakhan oblast in the line of sheep is one of the leading places in Russia.

And this is confirmed by the statistics. The number of sheep in the region of 1.5 million heads. Here bred four breeds of sheep, adapted to the steppe and semi-desert landscapes - edilbaevskoy, masochist Soviet, Grozny, and, of course, the pride of the industry of Karakul.

By the way, the exhibition first showed sheep dorper. It is very popular in Australia and New Zealand beef breed. Ducherow brought to the region in 2016, a year later chernoyarskiy farmer Rashid Amirkhanov crossed them with the Kalmyk fat-tailed sheep breed.

A cross between two species characterized by rapid growth of the lambs up to three months, they weigh 35 to 45 kilograms, he reported the result to the experts of the exhibition. A farmer from Black Yara was awarded the prize of the Governor of the Astrakhan region for the implementation of innovative technologies in sheep breeding.

Astrakhan livestock producers annually will implement, including the export of 400 thousand heads of sheep. Of them last year in Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Armenia, Jordan, United Arab Emirates has sent more than 70 thousand heads. From the beginning, Iran has already sent 160 tons of mutton, Georgia and Jordan - five tons, - said Governor of Astrakhan region Alexander Zhilkin.

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