World meat industry news

Meat market trends at the beginning of 2023

  • 12 May 11:49

Meat market trends at the beginning of 2023 Russia in the first two months of 2023 increased the total volume of meat production at the expense of agricultural organizations. In January-February, enterprises increased production by 4.9% year-on-year, to 1.5 million tons of meat in carcass weight (Fig. 1). We are talking about all the main types - poultry, pork, beef, lamb and goat meat. The main volume - 52% - falls on poultry meat, 42% - on pork, 6.3% - on beef, 0.1% - on mutton and goat meat. Pork keeps getting cheaper By March 1, 2023, the number of pigs in all categories of farms increased by 5.6% year on year and amounted to 28.3 million heads. In agricultural organizations, their number increased by 7.5%. Read more...

Iran plans to increase purchases of meat and crop products in Stavropol region

  • 11 May 10:54

Iran plans to increase purchases of meat and crop products in Stavropol region The Stavropol Territory and Iran outlined new areas of cooperation within the framework of the Caucasian Investment Exhibition. This was announced by the governor of the region Vladimir Vladimirov in his telegram channel following a meeting with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Islamic Republic of Iran Kazem Jalali. "Iran has a request to expand the supply of mutton and poultry, crop products. The Republic, in turn, can supply us with more export goods and create joint production in the region," the governor said. Now Iran is buying grain, chemical industry products and other goods from the Stavropol Territory. Last year, the. Read more...

Rostov region sent more than 26 tons of halal duck meat to the UAE

  • 11 May 10:52

Rostov region sent more than 26 tons of halal duck meat to the UAE A batch of halal duck meat weighing more than 26 tons was shipped from the Rostov region to the UAE. The results of the departmental examination confirmed the full compliance of the products with the requirements of the importing country, both in terms of quality and veterinary and sanitary safety criteria. The permit for the export of goods was issued at the Millerovsky veterinary clearance point. The shipment of the first batch of duck carcass parts to the United Arab Emirates in November 2021 was announced by the Damate group of companies. The products of the subsidiary of the holding company in the Rostov region, New Duck Farms LLC, began to be delivered. Read more...

Meat leaders are not afraid of sanctions

  • 11 May 10:49

Meat leaders are not afraid of sanctions Although the economy faced serious difficulties and risks in 2022, almost all participants in the next Agroinvestor rating of the largest meat producers increased their output, while those who reduced it saw a relatively small decrease. The top 25 companies produced a total of 6.76 million tons of meat in carcass weight, and the share of the largest players increased by about 3.4% over the year, to 58% of the total production in the country. According to preliminary data from Rosstat, in 2022, all farms produced 15.7 million tons of livestock and poultry meat for slaughter in live weight. The figures in carcass weight at the time of preparation of the article have not. Read more...

Rosstat: egg prices showed the largest annual decline among livestock products

  • 10 May 10:39

Rosstat: egg prices showed the largest annual  decline among livestock products According to the results of the first quarter of this year, the price of eggs fell by 2.6% compared to their cost in January-March 2022, follows from the Rosstat report “The Socio-Economic Situation in Russia”. After the price fell in January, there is an increase of 2.6% in February compared to the previous month and by 3.6% in March compared to February 2023. However, egg prices in March 2023 were 2.5% lower than in March last year, the report notes. Since the beginning of this year, the price of meat has continued to fall - by an average of half a percent every month. In March 2023, the price of meat and poultry decreased by 1.3%. At the same time,. Read more...

Rosstat assessed the index of entrepreneurial confidence in the agro-industrial complex

  • 10 May 10:37

Rosstat assessed the index of entrepreneurial confidence in the agro-industrial complex The index of entrepreneurial confidence in wholesale trade organizations turned out to be the highest among businessmen engaged in agriculture, follows from the Rosstat report “The Socio-Economic Situation in Russia” in the first quarter of this year. Heads of 6.3 thousand wholesale trade organizations, including small enterprises, but without micro-enterprises, took part in the study of the situation and business activity. Among them, almost three-quarters (73% of respondents) assess the economic situation in their industry as satisfactory. At the same time, every fourth (24.4% of respondents) believes that the situation will improve in the second quarter. Read more...

Russian Imports Of Chinese Products Up 67% In 4M 2023

  • 10 May 10:36

Russian Imports Of Chinese Products Up 67% In 4M 2023 Russia-China trade in January-April 2023 showed significant growth, China’s General Administration of Customs said, while pointing out that China’s economic relations with the US left much to be desired. During the first four months of the year, China imported goods to Russia worth US$33.686 billion, an increase of 67.2% on the same period in 2022; deliveries from Russia to China increased by 24.8% to US$39.462 billion. Separately, in April, trade between the two countries amounted to US$19.228 billion: Russia supplied goods worth US$9.606 billion to China; China supplied goods worth US$9.621 billion to Russia. However, US-China trade during this. Read more...

Russian school feeding programs to take national preferences into consideration

  • 5 May 10:30

Russian school feeding programs to take national preferences into consideration Contracts with school meal providers will have to take into consideration the national, confessional, and local nutrition features of the population in different regions of Russia. This is stated by government decree No. 498 that entered into force on May 1, 2023. The document relates to standard primary, secondary, and high school feeding contracts. “The supreme executive organs of the subjects of the Russian Federation are recommended to take measures ensuring implementation of standard terms of school meal contracts by the customer services … taking into consideration demographic profiles and national, confessional, and local nutrition. Read more...

Russian agricultural production grew by 2.9% in the first quarter

  • 5 May 10:30

Russian agricultural production grew by 2.9% in the first quarter The volume of agricultural production in Russia in January - March 2023 increased by 2.9% compared to the same period in 2022 and reached 930.9 billion rubles. "The volume of agricultural production of all agricultural producers (agricultural organizations, peasant (farm) households, household households) in March 2023 in current prices, according to preliminary estimates, amounted to 421.2 billion rubles, in the first quarter of 2023 - 930.9 billion rubles ", - noted in Rosstat. The volume of production for March 2023 increased by 3.3% compared to March 2022. According to statistics, at the end of March 2023, the number of cattle in the farms of. Read more...

The share of profitable organizations in agriculture in January-February decreased to 78.5%

  • 5 May 10:27

The share of profitable organizations in agriculture in January-February decreased to 78.5% The share of profitable organizations in the agriculture of the Russian Federation in January-February decreased to 78.5% from 79.3% in the same period last year. The share of unprofitable organizations, respectively, increased to 21.5% from 20.7%, Rosstat reported. Rosstat includes indicators and data on fishing, fish farming and hunting. In particular, the share of profitable organizations in crop production and animal husbandry decreased to 80.4% from 80.8% a year ago, in fisheries and fish farming it increased to 64.7% from 64.5%, respectively. According to Rosstat, the profit of agriculture in January-February this year amounted to 112.1 billion rubles, which is. Read more...