Russia: Creating its own little feed and meat hub

It has been a few months now since Russia declared a year-long ban on a long list of agricultural imports from European countries, the US and Canada. At the same time, the country is increasing its own production of feed and meat to – what it seems – be less dependent on other countries, also when they decide to (ever) lift the import ban again. But having a self-sufficient system is still a long way off. The ban, which came into effect on August 7th, 2014, includes fruit, vegetables, meat,