World meat industry news

Dmitry Patrushev: Russia will produce more milk, livestock and poultry in 2022

  • 28 Sep 10:11

Dmitry Patrushev: Russia will produce more milk, livestock and poultry in 2022 Russia in 2022 will produce more milk compared to 2021, as well as increase the production of livestock and poultry, said the head of the Ministry of Agriculture Dmitry Patrushev at a meeting with President Vladimir Putin on the progress of seasonal field work. "In animal husbandry, we predict an increase in indicators at the end of the year. Thus, for eight months, the production of livestock and poultry amounted to 8.5 million tons, which is 440 thousand tons more than in the same period in 2021. The forecast for production at the end of the year is 16 million tons" Patrushev said. "Milk production in eight months reached 12.7 million tons, which is. Read more...

The potential of world meat exports was estimated at another 40 million tons

  • 28 Sep 10:10

The potential of world meat exports was estimated at another 40 million tons The world meat market over the next 10 years will grow by another 40 million tons, and by 2050 - by 80 million tons. These figures were given by the head of the National Meat Association Sergey Yushin, speaking at a press conference "Russian agro-export in the new reality: global challenges." “If new markets are opened with the support measures, with the expertise that we have, and with the potential that has not yet been used, we could significantly increase domestic production by at least another 5 million tons, and take from some part of this 40 million pie,” Sergey Yushin noted. At the end of last year, Russian producers supplied a record 1.2. Read more...

Indicators of the agro-industrial complex allow us to provide the Russian market and develop exports

  • 28 Sep 10:09

Indicators of the agro-industrial complex allow us to provide the Russian market and develop exports The production indicators of the agro-industrial complex make it possible to fulfill the Food Security Doctrine, provide for the Russian market and develop exports. This was announced by Russian Minister of Agriculture Dmitry Patrushev during a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. "Current production indicators make it possible to fully implement the Doctrine of Food Security, that is, to provide for the domestic market and continue to develop exports," Patrushev said. The minister said that the main categories of production of the food and processing industries are growing. Thus, for the eight months of 2022, the production of livestock and poultry. Read more...

EEU to issue common rules for organic production

  • 27 Sep 10:40

EEU to issue common rules for organic production The member states of the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU), which currently comprises Russia, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan, are going to harmonize rules on organic production. This implies an international agreement to be signed, as said by Armen Harutyunyan, Director of the Industrial Policy Department of the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC), in an interview with Veterinary and Life at the site of the Global Fishery Forum, held in St. Petersburg on September 21-23. “The international agreement has been prepared to harmonize the rules for organic production in EEU states,” Armen Harutyunyan said. He explained, that this agreement provides. Read more...

Financing of the Russian agro-industrial complex in 2023 may grow by 32.6 billion rubles

  • 27 Sep 10:39

Financing of the Russian agro-industrial complex in 2023 may grow by 32.6 billion rubles Financing of the state program for the development of agriculture in Russia in 2023 may amount to 337.354 billion rubles, which is 32.6176 billion rubles more than was provided for by the previously approved budget parameters, according to an explanatory note to the draft budget, which Interfax has read. In 2024, funding is provided in the amount of 332.1492 billion rubles (by 5.2117 billion rubles more), in 2025 - 240.1581 billion rubles (by 87.055 billion rubles less compared to the expenditure indicators set by the budget forecast). The increase in funding is mainly due to the income of the budget from payments from export duties on grain, follows. Read more...

The number of dairy cattle in Russia may be reduced by 3.5%

  • 27 Sep 10:38

The number of dairy cattle in Russia may be reduced by 3.5% Next year, against the backdrop of sanctions against Russia, the number of dairy cattle may be reduced by about 3.5% due to declining profitability in the industry.According to The DairyNews, this was stated by independent economist Anton Lubich, speaking at the On-Line-conference “Weather Forecast”, organized by The DairyNews and the Dairy Market Research Center (DIA). According to his estimates, the volume of dairy production in 2023 may decrease by 5-7%.At the same time, beef cattle breeding will suffer even more noticeably.Here, the reduction in livestock can reach 10-15% due to a decrease in profitability in the industry, the expert predicts.At the. Read more...

The Russian poultry meat market grew by 4% in January-July 2022

  • 26 Sep 10:22

The Russian poultry meat market grew by 4% in January-July 2022 In the first seven months of 2022, the poultry meat market in Russia in slaughter weight grew to 2.684 million tons, which is 4% (+94 thousand tons) more than in the reporting period in 2021. The indicators include the volume of imports and production of poultry meat in the Russian Federation, excluding exports. Poultry production leads the Russian meat market Agricultural organizations in Russia in January-August 2022 released 8.4 million tons of livestock and poultry for slaughter in live weight, where the share of poultry was 51%. According to Emeat, in the first seven months of 2022, 5.4% more poultry meat in live weight was produced than in the same period in 2021. Read more...

Damate opened Russia's largest mutton slaughter and processing plant

  • 26 Sep 10:20

Damate opened Russia's largest mutton slaughter and processing plant The Damate group of companies launched the largest lamb slaughtering and processing plant in Russia with a capacity of 25,000 tons per year. After the plant reaches its design capacity, the processing volume will be 300 heads per hour or 42 tons of products per shift. The enterprise is located in Cherkessk, Karachay-Cherkess Republic. The opening ceremony on September 23 was attended by the Minister of Agriculture of Russia Dmitry Patrushev, the head of the Karachay-Cherkess Republic Rashid Temrezov, the Chairman of the Board of Rosselkhozbank JSC Boris Listov and other honored guests. The plant was modernized as part of the Damate project for the production of mutton. Read more...

More meat: canceled duties on imported beef create problems for Russian farmers

  • 26 Sep 10:18

More meat: canceled duties on imported beef create problems for Russian farmers The Ministry of Agriculture intends to continue exempting imported beef from duties for 2023. FBA "Economy Today" will talk about the boomerang effect from "rescue measures". The ministry's initiative to extend the duty-free import of beef into Russia will be considered by the Ministry of Economy. As planned, this measure was supposed to contain prices in the domestic market, because earlier there was a shortage of products in the country. But the opinion of meat producers does not coincide with the position of representatives of the Ministry of Agriculture: due to the unhindered import of imported products, the profitability of their. Read more...

Sergey Lavrov: African countries welcome agreements on Russian food exports

  • 26 Sep 10:17

Sergey Lavrov: African countries welcome agreements on Russian food exports The agreements on the export of Russian food and fertilizers are welcomed by all African countries.This was stated on Saturday by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov at a press conference on the results of participation in the 77th session of the UN General Assembly. "Food security is, of course, everyone's concern. Everyone supports efforts to end the obstacles that have been built by the European Union, London and Washington regarding the export of Russian fertilizers and Russian grain. Everyone welcomed the package deal, which was concluded on July 22 at the initiative of the [UN] Secretary General in Istanbul, and which finally forced. Read more...