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THE 18TH RUSSIAN EXHIBITION OF SHTUD SHEEP WAS HELD IN ASTRAKHAN FROM the 16th TO 20th of MAY.
The Exhibition was attended by 66 stud farms from 15 regions of the Russian Federation which presented to the expert committee 397 stud sheep and goats. Nine farms demonstrated Dagestan mountain sheep breed, 8 farms – Soviet Merino, 6 farms – Karachay and Russian meat merino, 5 farms – Grozny and Edilbay, 3 farms – Manych, Stavropol, Volgograd, Astrakhan and Kalmyk breeds, 2 farms - Caucasus and Southern meat breed. Also there were introduced: rams of Dzhalghinsky merino, North Caucasian mutton-wool breed, Lincoln, Romanov, Lezgin, meat and wool goats.  First Deputy Minister of Agriculture of the Russian Federation D. Kh. Hatuov, Director of the Department of stud breeding of Ministry of Agriculture Kh. A. Amerkhanov , Governor of Astrakhan region A. A. Zhilkin, Director General of the National Association of sheep breeding M. V. Egorov and Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries of Astrakhan region A. N. Galkin visited the Exhibition and took a closer look to a new sheep breed, Russian meat merino. The delegations from such regions of Russia as Astrakhan, Rostov, Volgograd, Saratov, Stavropol, Dagestan, Karachay-Cherkessia, Kalmykia, North Ossetia-Alania, and Chechnya participated in the exhibition as well.
There were held two conferences “Russian sheep and goat breeding. Market demands, capability and potential of production and sales” and "State and prospects of development of domestic coarse-wool sheep breeding", where Mr Egorov made a presentation, and a general meeting of the members of the National Association of sheep breeders. The winner of the 18th Russian exhibition of stud sheep was stud farm “the Second five-year plan" (Stavropol Region) which received I degree Diploma and a valuable gift (car "Niva").  The winners of the 18th Russian exhibition of stud sheep were stud farms “Romashkovskiy” (Volgograd region) and Polynniy (Kalmykia) which received II degree Diplomas and valuable gifts (computers).
The winners of the 18th Russian exhibition of stud sheep were stud farms “Vostok” (Stavropol Region), “Dzhengur” (Karachay-Cherkessia), “Vostok-2” (Dagestan) and “BagMas” (Astrakhan Region) which received III degree Diplomas and valuable gifts (laptops).
The farm named “Lebed’” (“Swan”, Astrakhan Region) received the prize of the Governor of Astrakhan region and a money certificate for the introduction of innovative technologies in sheep breeding.
Twenty six managers, specialists and sheep breeders received gratitude letters from the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation for their conscientious work in the agricultural sector and a large contribution to the development of sheep breeding.
National Association of sheep breeders awarded M. A. Mugaev, the Chairman of stud farm "Lenin's Way" (Ivanovo Region) with the prize named after Tengiz Japaridze, the Honoured worker of agriculture of Russia, for conscientious work, professional skills, achievement of high indicators in sheep breeding industry. 
The Exhibition Committee decided on awarding 31 senior shepherds with Honorary Diplomas and valuable gifts for breeding and preparing animals for the exhibition.
A sheep shearer is a very important and indispensable profession in sheep breeding. Specialists and shepherds from Astrakhan, Stavropol, Volgograd and Kalmykia agricultural organizations came to show their skills in speed and quality of shearing. Sponsors of the show were "QUEST-A" and "NITA-FARM" who gave gifts to the best shearers.
The Russian Exhibition of stud sheep is a place where different peoples of the North Caucasus, southern Russia and Volga Region traditionally share their culture. On May, 20 the national farmsteads welcomed numerous guests, and Caucasian dances were followed by the Cossack songs.
Also horse racing and camel racing were held at the hippodrome which attracted hundreds of fans. At the end of this event, there was also held an awarding. |
