World meat industry news

Enough feed for livestock this winter

  • 21 Oct 08:49

Enough feed for livestock this winter Despite some alarming reports from the regions about problems with the harvesting of green fodder, which appeared a few months ago, now the situation has improved. With stocks, everything is fine, both in the country as a whole and in the regions. It is interesting that in the summer the forage producers were even able to set records. For example, in August of this year, 233,000 tons of vegetable feed were produced in Russia. This is 20% more than a year earlier. “But August was not as remarkable as July 2022, when the production of vegetable feed shot up, and grew by almost 50% in a month, and on an annualized basis, the increase was 78%,” FEEDLOT,. Read more...

No need for parallel food imports in Russia

  • 21 Oct 08:47

No need for parallel food imports in Russia Russia will not need parallel food imports. According to Interfax, Oksana Lut, deputy head of the Russian Ministry of Agriculture, spoke about this at the plenary session of the Made in Russia forum. According to her, our country is capable of producing everything, and in the absence of any brand, a domestic analogue from a local company can easily appear. The Deputy Minister also announced her readiness to supply food to needy countries herself. "We have everything. Come to us, take it, we will sell everything, the main thing is that everyone is full and fed,” said Lut. The Deputy Minister called whiskey an exception. According to her, parallel deliveries. Read more...

Cherkizovo plans to keep the production of jamon at the level of last year in 2022-2023

  • 20 Oct 11:10

Cherkizovo plans to keep the production of jamon at the level of last year in 2022-2023 In 2022-2023, the Cherkizovo Group plans to maintain the production of jamon at least at the level of the previous year. This was announced to journalists by the director of processing of the enterprise "PIT-Product" Mariusz Levoc. “Demand for these products is high and exceeds supply. In the coming years, the company will maintain production at the level of 2021 - at least 28,000 feet per year,” he said. Cherkizovo launched the production of jamon in March 2016. Then, according to Levoca, 800 legs for jamon were released. In 2017, the PIT-product plant in Sinyavino (Leningrad region) received the Spanish ETG Serrano quality certificate, and. Read more...

Saudi Arabia is interested in expanding the supply of livestock products from Russia

  • 20 Oct 11:08

Saudi Arabia is interested in expanding the supply of livestock products from Russia Saudi Arabia is interested in expanding supplies of livestock products from Russia, including lamb and venison. This is stated in the message of Rosselkhoznadzor. As noted in the department, Rosselkhoznadzor discussed with the State Food and Drug Administration of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (SFDA) the issues of access of Russian products of animal origin to the KSA domestic market. "SFDA has expressed serious interest in importing Russian mutton. The competent authority assured the service of its readiness to provide maximum assistance in increasing the supply of this type of product to the territory of the kingdom," the report says. According. Read more...

Russia reports 116 ASF outbreaks since the beginning of the year

  • 20 Oct 11:02

Russia reports 116 ASF outbreaks since the beginning of the year According to Data Processing Center of Rosselkhoznadzor, the number of African swine fever (ASF) outbreaks in Russia reached 116 between January 1 and October 17, 2022. It is specified, that 63 outbreaks were registered in farm animals, and 53 in wildlife. The greatest number of outbreaks was recorded this year in the Kostroma region (10 cases on pig farms and 11 in wild hogs) and the Kaliningrad region (7 cases on pig farms and 9 in wild hogs). Information note African swine fever (ASF) is a severe, highly contagious viral disease of domestic and wild pigs with a 100% mortality rate. There is no specific treatment or effective vaccine forASF. Following a. Read more...

Russian lawmaker calls for poultry meat import embargo

  • 20 Oct 10:16

Russian lawmaker calls for poultry meat import embargo Russia needs to create a state reserve of meat products and fully ban meat imports, including from the countries considered friendly, to balance the domestic poultry and pork markets, Yevgeny Savchenko, a Russian senator, said. “Firstly, we will create a strategic food reserve urgently needed in the current situation. Secondly, the surplus of poultry and pork, which is about 1 million tonnes, will be secured by domestic sales not dependent on external restrictions,” Savchenko said, adding that the government must create “an effective anti-inflationary intervention tool for regulating prices in the meat products market for the future”. The ban. Read more...

"Damate" develops sales of breeding stock

  • 19 Oct 10:46

"Damate" develops sales of breeding stock "Damate" increases sales of breeding cattle from its own breeding reproducer in the Tyumen region. In 2023, it is planned to sell about 800 heads of highly productive animals. To this end, the company has expanded the capacity of its production sites with two open yards. The Damate group of companies continues to develop livestock breeding and increases sales of highly productive cattle from its own breeding farm in the Tyumen region. In 2023, the company plans to sell about 800 breeding animals. To this end, the company expanded the capacity of its production sites by building two outdoor livestock pens. Work on breeding breeding animals is carried out on the. Read more...

Russia increased poultry meat exports to Saudi Arabia by 98%

  • 19 Oct 10:31

Russia increased poultry meat exports to Saudi Arabia by 98% The Veterinary and Life departmental publication of the Rosselkhoznadzor reports that, according to the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, from the beginning of the year to mid-October, the total volume of poultry meat supplies from Russia to Saudi Arabia increased by 98% year-on-year. Artem Daushev, assistant head of the Rosselkhoznadzor, spoke about the development of trade relations with the countries of the Persian Gulf at the plenary session in Riyadh dedicated to the opening of the international exhibition Saudi Agriculture 2022, which took place the day before, on October 17. The volume of deliveries of Russian beef to the market of Saudi Arabia in. Read more...

The Ministry of Agriculture banned feeding food waste to pigs

  • 19 Oct 10:28

The Ministry of Agriculture banned feeding food waste to pigs The Russian Ministry of Agriculture approved alterations to the veterinary requirements for the keeping of pigs, and veterinary regulations for combating African swine fever (ASF). The alterations will come into force on March 1, 2023. The document has beenpublishedat the official internet-portal of legal information.The key amendment, applied to the current veterinary requirements for the keeping of pigs (Decree 621 of the Ministry of Agricuture) is a ban on the use of food scraps in feeding these farm animals. “The use of food waste for feeding pigs is prohibited,” the amendments state. According to current veterinary regulations food waste can be. Read more...

The expert listed products that may rise in price in stores before the end of the year

  • 18 Oct 10:55

The expert listed products that may rise in price in stores before the end of the year For the past few months, inflation in Russia has been declining. On the shelves, some products become cheaper (seasonal fruits and vegetables), some, albeit more slowly, but continue to rise in price, for example, chicken eggs. About what to expect from prices in stores next, the Prime agency asked the associate professor of the Department of Statistics of the Russian Economic University named after. G.V. Plekhanov Olga Lebedinskaya. “If you look at the general dynamics of prices and inflation in the countries with which we have the highest trade turnover, then there are double-digit growth figures everywhere. In Belarus, they failed, as planned, to keep prices at the. Read more...