World meat industry news

Export of live animals from Russia doubled

  • 22 Aug 09:55

Export of live animals from Russia doubled According to the results of 7.5 months, the Rosselkhoznadzor records a twofold increase in the volume of exports of live animals from Russia compared to the same period in 2021, the press service of the agency told. So, for the specified period of 2022, according to the FSIS "Argus", more than 114.7 thousand heads of pigs (48.3% of the total volume), large (10.9%) and small (40.8%) cattle were shipped .For 7.5 months of last year, the total volume was at the level of 56.3 thousand heads. Significantly increased the purchase of live pigs this year Georgia (51.6 thousand heads) and Armenia (3.7 thousand heads). Almost 14,000 head of live small ruminants. Read more...

Investments in the construction of new dairy farms will amount to almost 14 billion rubles

  • 22 Aug 09:53

Investments in the construction of new dairy farms will amount to almost 14 billion rubles In Tatarstan, it is planned to launch 16 dairy farms this year.The total investment in projects will amount to 13.9 billion rubles.This was told by the Minister of Agriculture of the Republic Marat Zyabbarov, writes The DairyNews with reference to the information tatcenter.ru. According to the head of the Tatarstan Ministry of Agriculture, the new complexes will contain 21,000 heads of cattle. At the same time, investors will be provided with state support in the form of reimbursement for the construction of farms.Its amount will be 2.7 billion rubles. According to Marat Zyabbarov, 6 new dairy farms for 4,000 dairy cows have already been opened in the. Read more...

Russia To Reduce Trade In ‘Toxic’ US Dollar & Euros

  • 22 Aug 09:51

Russia To Reduce Trade In ‘Toxic’ US Dollar & Euros Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Pankin has stated that Russia will move away from use of the US dollar and the Euro in its commercial, economic, and investment relations with its trade partners, as these currencies have become “toxic” amid growing pressure from the West. “Against the growing geopolitical pressure from the ‘collective West’, the only way to guarantee stable trade, economic, and investment ties between Russia and its partners is to avoid the use of currencies that have become ‘toxic’, primarily the US dollar and the Euro, and switch to settlements in acceptable alternatives, primarily. Read more...

Rosselkhoznadzor continues to diversify import flows of livestock products

  • 19 Aug 11:38

Rosselkhoznadzor continues to diversify import flows of livestock products Since the beginning of 2022, more than 500 importers of livestock products have been granted access or expanded activities on the Russian market The official website of the department reports that the Rosselkhoznadzor is consistently working to admit or expand the activities of foreign companies on the Russian market. Thus, the updated list includes suppliers of hatching eggs and day-old chicks (249 enterprises), including those from countries such as Turkey, India and Belarus. It should be noted that Turkish poultry farmers, in addition to chicken hatching eggs, produce non-table eggs of quail, pheasant, turkey and goose. The Indian poultry sector has become one. Read more...

Russia to expand trade in domestic meat products with Oman

  • 19 Aug 11:37

Russia to expand trade in domestic meat products with Oman Rosselkhoznadzor visited Oman from August 15 to 17, where he held a series of meetings and negotiations with representatives of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Water Resources of the Sultanate and subordinate diagnostic and research institutes in the field of animal health and food safety. During the visit, the parties discussed issues of mutual access to products of animal origin. In particular, the Omani side confirmed that the process of certification of two Russian enterprises for the production of poultry meat is actually completed, in the near future the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Water Resources of Oman will send information on the. Read more...

The Cabinet of Ministers plans to allocate 36 billion rubles to farmers. for reimbursement of costs due to the increase in the Central Bank rate

  • 19 Aug 11:34

The Cabinet of Ministers plans to allocate 36 billion rubles to farmers. for reimbursement of costs due to the increase in the Central Bank rate The Government of the Russian Federation plans to allocate almost 36 billion rubles in 2022-2024 to compensate agricultural producers for the costs of loans due to the increase in the Central Bank rate at the end of February 2022.This is stated on Friday in a draft resolution of the Cabinet, which is at the disposal of TASS. "In order to level the consequences of an increase in the key rate of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation for agricultural producers who have entered into loan agreements (loans), the interest rate for which depends on the current key rate of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation, the draft resolution proposes to establish the. Read more...

Food inflation is not expected to jump in Russia

  • 19 Aug 11:33

Food inflation is not expected to jump in Russia The Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation does not predict a jump in food inflation by the end of the year, Secretary of State, Deputy Head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation Viktor Evtukhov said in an interview with RIA Novosti. “I hope not. So far, we see that deflationary processes have begun to a greater extent,” he answered the corresponding question. Yevtukhov also said that large retailers continue to limit the trade margin on socially important goods.In his opinion, it is expedient to continue such practice further, but it is not planned to fix it in a normative manner."I believe that we have found. Read more...

The dog barks, the caravan moves on. Agriculture in the conditions of the sanctions war

  • 18 Aug 12:52

The dog barks, the caravan moves on. Agriculture in the conditions of the sanctions war Russia won the first round of the sanctions struggle. But there is no doubt that the next steps are being prepared. Perhaps dragged on for decades, as was the case with the USSR. The one who today looks to the future according to the state strategically, and not tactically, and only into his own pocket, will win. Therefore, people with great practice and statesmanship are very much needed. Our interlocutor is Alexander Yaroshenko, founder and president of the successful agricultural enterprise Holding-Ural-Don, a professional, analyst and staunch statesman. Yes, and he does not go into his pocket for a word. His assessments will be of interest even to those who are. Read more...

Russian Foreign Ministry: we are working with the UN to resolve the situation with the export of food and fertilizers from the Russian Federation

  • 18 Aug 12:50

Russian Foreign Ministry: we are working with the UN to resolve the situation with the export of food and fertilizers from the Russian Federation Moscow is actively cooperating with the UN to unblock the export of Russian fertilizers, grains, and other products, without resolving this issue, the problem of food security cannot be solved, Director of the Department of International Organizations of the Russian Foreign Ministry Pyotr Ilyichev said in an interview with RIA Novosti. UN Secretary General António Guterres arrived in Lviv on Wednesday, where he will take part in a trilateral meeting with Volodymyr Zelensky and Turkish leader Tayyip Erdogan.On Friday, the Secretary General is expected to visit Odessa, and the next day he will visit the Joint Coordination Center in Istanbul, formed as part. Read more...

Russia Offers The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Countries Connection To Russia’s Version Of SWIFT

  • 18 Aug 12:45

Russia Offers The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Countries Connection To Russia’s Version Of SWIFT Russia’s Economic Development Minister, Maxim Reshetnikov, has offered countries belonging to theShanghai Cooperation Organization(SCO) to join its financial messaging systemSPFS, the Russian equivalent of SWIFT. Moscow wants to boost the volume of settlements in national currencies and introduce global inter-banking alternatives. “In order to ensure uninterrupted cooperation between our banks, we suggest that members of the SCO join the Russian financial messaging system,” Reshetnikov said in his video address to participants at theSCO forumcurrently being held in Tashkent. Reshetnikov noted that SCO countries need to continue to promote. Read more...