World meat industry news

Miratorg shipped the first batch of pork to China

  • 11 Mar 09:10

Miratorg shipped the first batch of pork to China The Miratorg agro-industrial holding has sent the first batch of pork to China from an enterprise in the Belgorod region, the company’s press service reports. Miratorg announces the shipment to the People's Republic of China of the first batch of pork produced at the meat processing complex of the holding company ZAO SK Korocha. As part of the first delivery, the company shipped 27 tons of finished products from the wholesale distribution center in the Korochansky district,” the release says. Rosselkhoznadzor reported that the first cargo will travel from the Belgorod region to Vladivostok by rail, and then by sea to the Chinese port of Nansha. In. Read more...

In 2023, the share of profitable agricultural enterprises in the Russian Federation decreased slightly

  • 11 Mar 09:08

In 2023, the share of profitable agricultural enterprises in the Russian Federation decreased slightly Over the past year, the share of agricultural organizations that made a profit in crop production, livestock farming, hunting and the provision of services in these areas of activity decreased to 81 percent or 1.9% from the 2022 level. This data is provided by Rosstat. In general, the number of profitable organizations in the fields of agriculture and forestry, as well as hunting, fishing and aquaculture decreased from 81 to 78.9 percent, while unprofitable ones, on the contrary, increased from 19 to 21.1. At the same time, the share of organizations that suffered a loss increased year on year from 17.1 to 19%. The reasons were the weakness of the agricultural policy. Read more...

Rosstat told about Russia's leader in chicken egg production for January

  • 11 Mar 09:07

Rosstat told about Russia's leader in chicken egg production for January The largest producer of chicken edible eggs in Russia in January of this year was the Leningrad region. This is stated in the Rosstat report on the socio-economic situation in Russia for the first month of this year. 292.6 million units were produced there. The second place with a serious lag was in the Yaroslavl region - 150 million. This is 20 percent less than in the same month last year. It is followed by Sverdlovsk, where 142.9 million eggs were produced, or eight percent less. The Chelyabinsk and Belgorod regions close the top with 140.9 and 124.8 million, respectively. In the latter region, production increased slightly. However, the leader in growth. Read more...

Growth of turkey meat production in the Moscow region: innovations and state support

  • 7 Mar 10:46

Growth of turkey meat production in the Moscow region: innovations and state support In 2023, the Moscow region noted a significant increase in turkey meat production, increasing by 40%. This positive trend is associated with the modernization of poultry farming complexes and the introduction of advanced technologies. An important role in the development of the industry was played by two large poultry farms in the region - the Yegoryevskaya Poultry Farm and the Bronnitskaya Poultry Farm, which are the main suppliers of dietary turkey meat to the market. In the Moscow region, there are 222,000 heads of turkeys, which are successfully raised in these enterprises. Thanks to the efforts of their employees and the use of advanced methods, turkey. Read more...

Prices for eggs and poultry continued to fall in January

  • 7 Mar 10:44

Prices for eggs and poultry continued to fall in January Chilled chickens in January of this year fell in price by another 2.5% compared to December 2023, chicken eggs - by 1.8%, follows from a Rosstat report on the socio-economic situation in Russia. At the same time, compared to the price of these products in January 2023, there is an increase in the cost of chickens by 25%, eggs by 59%. In January of this year, there was also an increase in prices for fish and seafood - by 0.7% (by 6.4% in annual terms), butter - by 1.8% (by 5% in annual terms), milk and dairy products - by 0.8% (by 1.1% compared to the price in January 2023). In general, food prices in January of this year increased by 1.3% compared to the previous month. Read more...

Growth of the market for semi-finished meat products in Russia: prospects and trends

  • 6 Mar 11:02

Growth of the market for semi-finished meat products in Russia: prospects and trends The Russian market of semi-finished meat products is showing stable growth. According to BusinesStat research, for the period 2019-2023. production of semi-finished products in the country increased by 27%, reaching 4.65 million tons. In 2023, production output increased by 5.8% compared to 2022. A significant contribution to production growth was made by enterprises of the Central Federal District (CFD), where production volumes increased by 155.7 thousand tons. One of the key events in the industry was the opening of a large meat processing complex of the Agroeco Group of Companies in the Voronezh region. The complex has a capacity of more than 300 thousand tons of. Read more...

Putin held a meeting with representatives of the agro-industrial complex in the Stavropol region

  • 6 Mar 11:01

Putin held a meeting with representatives of the agro-industrial complex in the Stavropol region Russian President Vladimir Putin, during a working trip to the Stavropol Territory, discussed with representatives of the agro-industrial complex the most important issues in the development of the Russian agro-industrial complex. This was reported by the Kremlin press service. The head of state once again highlighted the successes in the country’s agricultural sector over the past year. For example, he noted that income from agricultural exports has increased 20 times since the beginning of the 2000s - to $43.5 billion. Putin also recalled that a record grain harvest was harvested in 2022 (157 million tons), and in the past it was close to it at 147 million. Our. Read more...

Significant increase in Russian pork exports in 2023

  • 6 Mar 10:31

Significant increase in Russian pork exports in 2023 After a decline in 2022, exports of pork products increased by 59% in 2023. According to Nikolai Burulin, chief expert for market analysis and forecasting of the Russian National Union of Pig Breeders: "After a decline in 2022, exports of pork products increased by 59% in 2023, according to our estimates. The main export markets were Vietnam and Belarus with shares of more than 30%. The increase in exports was largely due to the recovery of supplies to Southeast Asian countries: Vietnam (+394 thousand tonnes, +86%) and Hong Kong (+2.5 thousand tonnes, +57%). Despite the fact that Hong Kong's share in Russian exports of pork products in 2023 was only 2.5%, this area. Read more...

The economist told about the conditions for the growth of production and exports of the Russian agro-industrial complex

  • 4 Mar 09:48

The economist told about the conditions for the growth of production and exports of the Russian agro-industrial complex An increase in agricultural production in Russia by a quarter and exports by one and a half times, which President Vladimir Putin announced in his Address to the Federal Assembly, will become possible thanks to a number of factors, including state support and the opening of new markets. As Rossiyskaya Gazeta writes, this was stated by Dmitry Osyanin, associate professor of the basic department of financial control, analysis and audit of the Main Control Directorate of the city of Moscow, Plekhanov Russian University of Economics. In particular, product output should increase due to financial and non-financial assistance to the industry and investments in it until at least. Read more...

Meat and milk production increased in Russia in January

  • 4 Mar 09:41

Meat and milk production increased in Russia in January Based on the results of January of this year, the production of meat and milk increased among all types of livestock products in Russia. This was reported in the Rosstat report on the socio-economic situation in Russia for the first month of this year. Production of livestock and poultry for slaughter (in live weight) during this period increased by 1.6 percent from the same month last year - to 1.0826 million tons (official data gives the unit of measurement in solid weight - ROSNG). The majority was poultry meat – 534.1 thousand tons (97.1% of January). Their total share among all types of meat was 49.3 percent. 456.9 thousand pork was produced, or 42.2% of all. Read more...