Priority areas of feed production and its use in animal husbandry of the Far Eastern federal district

The Far Eastern Federal District belongs to territories with extreme natural conditions being characterized by high energy intensity and capital intensity of production. Analysis of the current trend in feed consumption in agricultural organizations of the Far Eastern Federal District showed that against the background of a general increase in feed consumption, there is a tendency to decrease them based on the production of 1 kg of milk by 12.3%. At the same time, the volume of consumption of concentrated feed per 1 kg of milk as of 2019 remains at the level of 2010. With an increase in the total feed consumption by 1 hundredweight of cattle by 6.2%, there is a decrease in the consumption of concentrated feed by 1.5%. At the same time the most significant decrease can be seen in feed consumption per 1 hundredweight of pigs. As of 2019, this indicator has decreased by 34.3%. A comparative analysis of the structure of feed consumption in animal husbandry of the Far Eastern Federal District in relation to the average Russian indicators showed a tendency to replace concentrated feed and compound feed with coarse feed and pasture. The analysis of trends in the production and use of feed in animal husbandry in the Far Eastern Federal District, as well as the level of consumption of animal products by the population, makes it possible to determine the priority task to solve the problem of the development of the industry in order to provide the population of the region with milk and dairy products. Based on the results of the approbation of the methodology of a comprehensive phased economic assessment of the efficiency of production and use of feed in animal husbandry, taking into account the quality of the final product, the priority directions of production and use of feed in the conditions of extensive and intensive options for the development of animal husbandry in the Russian Far East are recommended. For the purpose of practical implementation of priority directions, a conceptual approach, an organizational and functional mechanism and a model for the implementation of a cluster strategy for the production and use of feed in animal husbandry are proposed. This contributes to the implementation of cluster projects to increase the efficiency of production and use of feed in animal husbandry.