World meat industry news

Russia to supply livestock products and veterinary vaccines to Namibia

  • 2 Mar 09:47

Russia to supply livestock products and veterinary vaccines to Namibia Russia may start deliveries of livestock and fishery products to Namibia. In addition, the countries discussed the possibility of recognizing Russian vaccines for animals, their registration and sale in Namibia. The issues of the supply of livestock products and veterinary vaccines were discussed by representatives of the Rosselkhoznadzor of Russia and the competent departments of Namibia at the Gulfood 2023 international food exhibition, Rosselkhoznadzor reports. The parties are also considering the possibility of cooperation in the field of veterinary medicine, in particular, the prevention of dangerous livestock diseases, the report says. Namibia is interested in. Read more...

Agricultural production in Russia increased by 2.7% in January

  • 2 Mar 09:43

Agricultural production in Russia increased by 2.7% in January The volume of agricultural production in Russia in January 2023 increased by 2.7% compared to the same period in 2022 and reached 242.2 billion rubles. This is stated in the materials of Rosstat. "The volume of agricultural production of all agricultural producers (agricultural organizations, peasant (farmer) households, household households) in January 2023 at current prices, according to preliminary estimates, amounted to 242.2 billion rubles," the department's materials say. According to statistics, at the end of January 2023, the number of cattle in the farms of all agricultural producers, according to calculations, amounted to 17.5 million heads. Read more...

Saudi Arabia is interested in the supply of Russian turkey

  • 1 Mar 10:34

Saudi Arabia is interested in the supply of Russian turkey Foreign distributors became interested in Russian products at the Gulfood 2023 exhibition. Among the buyers are Saudi Arabia, India and Asian countries. Russia has presented the largest stand ever since its participation in the Gulfood 2023 exhibition of food and agricultural products in Dubai, the Russian Export Center (REC) reports. 75 Russian manufacturers were represented at the booth, and some of the goods were of interest to foreign representatives of retail chains and the HoReCa sector, the report says. For example, Saudi Arabia has become interested in turkey meat products, and poultry supplies may soon be established in this Muslim country, the Russian. Read more...

The top 20 largest producers produced 15.4 billion food eggs in 2022

  • 1 Mar 10:33

The top 20 largest producers produced 15.4 billion food eggs in 2022 At the end of 2022, the top 20 largest poultry farms produced 15.4 billion food eggs. The average production per capita in this group was more than 470 pieces. This is stated in the materials of Rosptitsesoyuz published in the organization's Telegram channel. The Union also presented a rating of Russian regions for the production of eggs last year. It turned out that 37 regions meet their needs by 100% or more, and 24 subjects of the country cover the indicator by less than 50%. The average production of eggs per capita in this group is 44 eggs. According to the Rosptitsesoyuz producer rating, based on regional data, the leader among companies in 2022 was. Read more...

Experts assessed the risks of damage from "superpigs" for Russian farmers

  • 1 Mar 10:31

Experts assessed the risks of damage from "superpigs" for Russian farmers American farmers are suffering from the raids of especially large wild boars, called "super pigs". Experts believe that Russian farmers have nothing to fear. Farmers in the United States are alarmed by the raids of "super pigs" - especially large wild boars, ranging in size from 300 kg and more, which appeared in the 1980s as a result of crossing wild boars and domestic pigs. Every year, farmers lose up to $1.5 billion due to the raids of these pigs, the National Union of Agricultural Insurers (NUA) reported to sfera.fm. Now the population of feral pigs in the United States is about 6 million individuals, the NSA said, citing the US Department. Read more...

The growth rate of online food sales slowed down

  • 28 Feb 11:08

The growth rate of online food sales slowed down In the first quarter of 2023, online food sales in Russia will grow by 4%, which is less than the level of the previous quarter, when sales amounted to 182 billion rubles. This is reported by Kommersant with reference to the forecast of the Infoline agency. In annual terms, over the past year, the market growth rate has decreased from 130% to 30%. Infoline analysts estimated that in 2022 Sbermarket was in first place in food sales with a turnover of 103.5 billion rubles, VkusVill took second place with 91.2 billion rubles, Samokat was third with 82. 5 billion rubles The most dynamic in 2022 was demonstrated by Delivery Club, whose turnover grew 2.28 times to RUB 30.7 billion,. Read more...

Are there new records of meat production in Russia?

  • 28 Feb 11:03

Are there new records of meat production in Russia? In 2022, Russia has achieved impressive results in meat production. The fact that the country's self-sufficiency in this area has exceeded 100%, President Vladimir Putin said in November last year. That is, by the end of the year, the indicator indicated in the Food Security Doctrine was exceeded by 15%. Further more. At the end of the year, Russia in meat production set a record since the times of the USSR. For all its types in live weight for slaughter, the total volume amounted to 16 million tons, the Ministry of Agriculture reported. How stable is this dynamic and how much meat will Russian farms produce in 2023? To answer this question, we analyzed the results and. Read more...

Preferential loans and grants for the development of agribusiness. What support measures do farmers need?

  • 28 Feb 11:01

Preferential loans and grants for the development of agribusiness. What support measures do farmers need? Concessional lending is the main instrument of state support for small agribusiness. In 2022, more than 11 thousand borrowers took advantage of this opportunity, almost 8.5 thousand of which are peasant farms. Agricultural consumer cooperatives also received additional funds for development. At the same time, farmers believe that the Ministry of Agriculture should support businesses in rural areas by purchasing products from budget institutions. Soft loans to help More than 11,000 rural entrepreneurs took advantage of a subsidiary bank loan in 2022, including small farms. The volume of soft loans issued to small agribusiness amounted to more than 217 billion rubles,. Read more...

The government attracted more than 18 thousand entrepreneurs to the agro-industrial complex in 2022

  • 27 Feb 11:50

The government attracted more than 18 thousand entrepreneurs to the agro-industrial complex in 2022 More than 18 thousand entrepreneurs were attracted to the Russian agro-industrial complex (AIC) in 2022. This was reported by the press service of the Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Victoria Abramchenko. "In 2022, 5.6 billion rubles were allocated from the federal budget to the regions for measures to create a support system for farmers and develop rural cooperation. As a result, about 18.3 thousand people came to small and medium-sized businesses in the agro-industrial complex in 2022" , - Abramchenko's words are given in the message. As recalled in the press service of the Deputy Prime Minister, the set of measures is united within the framework of. Read more...

Russia's economy has shown surprising resilience despite sanctions

  • 27 Feb 11:48

Russia's economy has shown surprising resilience despite sanctions The weekly Chalande reports that "all the analysts who predicted a decline in the Russian economy at the level of at least 8% made a huge mistake in their own estimates." The Russian economy has shown remarkable resilience despite nine waves of sanctions. This is the conclusion reached by the French business weekly Chalande in its review of Russia's economic development over the past 12 months, published on Thursday. "All the analysts who predicted a recession in the Russian economy of at least 8% made a huge mistake in their own estimates," the publication notes in its review, entitled "The amazing resilience of the Russian economy." ,. Read more...