World meat industry news

Prices for chicken meat in Russia fell to a minimum since February

  • 16 Dec 10:55

Prices for chicken meat in Russia fell to a minimum since February This week, wholesale prices for a broiler carcass fell by one percent to one hundred and thirty-two rubles per kilogram. They correspond to the prices of the end of February of the current year. Vedomosti writes about this, citing price monitoring data from the AD Libitum analytical agency, which was created with the participation of the NSP, NSS, and IKAR. According to the authors of the monitoring, the broiler carcass is so cheap, because there is no shortage of this type of meat, and the demand for it is moderate. Prices for it have been falling since mid-October 2022. Experts expect the trend to continue until the new year. During the period from January to. Read more...

Russia intends to enter the top five pork exporters in the world

  • 16 Dec 10:53

Russia intends to enter the top five pork exporters in the world Russia sets itself the task of doubling the supply of meat to foreign markets within five to seven years, and by 2030 to become one of the top five world pork exporters, said Andrey Razin, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Economy of the Russian Federation. “We started talking very seriously about increasing our export potential, about the fact that the volume of our external meat supplies to foreign markets should at least double in the horizon of five to seven years, with an increase in pork exports,” Razin said. According to him, “this is quite an ambitious, but on the other hand, quite tangible goal, since Russia has learned to cope with big. Read more...

What awaits the pig industry in 2023

  • 15 Dec 08:43

What awaits the pig industry in 2023 On the eve of the new year, the leaders of industry associations shared their views with Veterinary and Life on how the production of livestock products, feed and veterinary drugs will develop in 2023, what will happen to the export and import of goods, and what legislative changes will affect the work of key industries agro-industrial complex. Today we present the forecast of the General Director of the National Union of Pig Breeders. Yuri Kovalev, General Director of the National Union of Pig Breeders – What awaits the industry in 2023? The main trend for 2023 in the pig industry is a further increase in production, which we expect to be around 5%. At. Read more...

What awaits beef producers in 2023

  • 15 Dec 08:42

What awaits beef producers in 2023 On the eve of the new year, the leaders of industry associations shared their views with Veterinary and Life on how the production of livestock products, feed and veterinary drugs will develop in 2023, what will happen to the export and import of goods, and what legislative changes will affect the work of key industries agro-industrial complex. Today we present the forecast for beef production from the head of the National Meat Association. Sergey Yushin, head of the National Meat Association – What awaits the industry in 2023? Beef production in Russia depends on dairy cattle breeding, and there are two main trends affecting it in the industry. The first. Read more...

Russian poultry farmers increased egg production by 1 billion pieces

  • 15 Dec 08:39

Russian poultry farmers increased egg production by 1 billion pieces By the end of 2022, gross egg production in Russia will amount to 45.8 billion pieces, which is 1 billion more than last year, Vladimir Fisinin, president of the Russian Poultry Union (Rosptitsesoyuz), told Veterinary and Life. “The increase in egg production compared to 2021 will average 2.8%, or 1 billion eggs. Thus, we will reach a gross egg production of 45.8 billion pieces,” he said. The increase in poultry meat production in 2022 compared to 2021 is estimated at 5.2%, Vladimir Fisinin said. He clarified that the gross production of poultry meat at the end of the year will amount to 5.2 million tons in slaughter weight. “In addition to. Read more...

Poultry production in Russia - market dynamics

  • 15 Dec 08:38

Poultry production in Russia - market dynamics In recent years, the production of poultry meat in our country has occupied a leading position in the total volume of livestock and poultry reared for slaughter in live weight. So, in 2020, this direction accounted for 43%. However, as a key trend of this market in Russia, one can note a slowdown in growth rates, up to almost zero dynamics at the end of last year. According to the data of the national report “On the progress and results of the implementation in 2020 of the state program for the development of agriculture and the regulation of markets for agricultural products, raw materials and food”, the release of poultry for slaughter in live weight at. Read more...

The Government of the Russian Federation will allocate an additional 5 billion rubles for lending to the agricultural sector

  • 14 Dec 08:17

The Government of the Russian Federation will allocate an additional 5 billion rubles for lending to the agricultural sector In 2023, Russian farmers will be able to maintain access to concessional loans necessary for the development of production, sowing and maintenance of current activities.It was decided to allocate additional budget investments for these purposes, the press service of the Cabinet of Ministers told. We are talking about 5 billion rubles.The funds allocated by the order of the Government will go to the authorized capital of the Russian Agricultural Bank - it is one of the main creditors of the domestic agricultural industry. Budget investments will allow the bank to increase the volume of loans issued, including within the framework of preferential programs that. Read more...

Russia’s 2022 Trade with China – Geographic Breakdown

  • 14 Dec 08:15

Russia’s 2022 Trade with China – Geographic Breakdown The expansion of Russia’s bilateral trade with China has been well documented over the course of 2022, with growth thus far calculated, according to the Chinese Customs Ministry at being 32% while reaching a record US$172.406 billion between January and November of this year. The issue is that much of this is assumed to be China’s purchasing of cheap energy. That is not necessarily the case. In this exclusive report we identify Russia’s 2022 trade with China broken down on a regional rather than purely single country basis – a unique insight as much of China’s energy trade with Russia originates purely from one region – Siberia.. Read more...

Food prices in Russia and their change for the week and month, data as of December 05, 2022

  • 14 Dec 08:13

Food prices in Russia and their change for the week and month, data as of December 05, 2022 According to the latest data from Rosstat, as of December 05, 2022, when compared with the values of a week and a month ago, prices for most goods tend to strengthen. The AB-Center analyzed the weekly dynamics of prices for 44 goods, of which 21 goods have weakened over the week and over the month. Weekly food price change Price growth leaders (TOP-5) for the week To a greater extent, the increase in prices for the week, according to AB-Center, affected such food products as fresh cucumbers (+13.5%), carrots (+2.2%), fresh white cabbage (+2.2%), beets canteen (+2.2%) and onion (+1.5%). Food products showing the lowest price increase in a. Read more...

Demand for plant-based meat fell by 70%

  • 13 Dec 11:11

Demand for plant-based meat fell by 70% NielsenIQ analysts found that sales of vegetable meat (produced from soy, peas, wheat) in Russia fell by 70% in the first 10 months of 2022 compared to the same period last year. These data were confirmed by a source in one of the major producers of vegetable meat. Despite the fact that vegetable meat has a very stable audience - vegetarians and vegans, the demand for such products has noticeably dipped. Experts attribute this to the departure of a significant part of vegetable meat consumers from Russia and the transition of the rest to cheap vegetarian products. It is noteworthy that a year earlier, according to NielsenIQ, this segment grew noticeably - by 24.4%. Read more...