World meat industry news

Implementation of grain quotas mechanism to continue in new season, says Russian minister

  • 30 May 14:26

Implementation of grain quotas mechanism to continue in new season, says Russian minister Russia’s Agriculture Ministry plans to continue implementing the mechanism of grain quotas in the new season, Minister Dmitry Patrushev told a forum on Friday. "I should note that quotas have been in force (in Russia) for the third year in a row. We believe the mechanism has proved efficient. Market participants have got accustomed to this instrument, which enables them to efficiently plan their export activities. In the new season the implementation of the mechanism of quotas will continue," he said. Earlier reports said that annual quotas on grain exports from Russia came into force starting February 15 and will remain in effect until June 30, 2022.. Read more...

Russia – Mongolia Trade Up 30%, Looking To Expand

  • 30 May 14:24

Russia – Mongolia Trade Up 30%, Looking To Expand Bilateral and transit trade set to boom in the wake of rapidly growing Russia-China commerce Sergei Glaziyev, a member of the integration and macroeconomics panel of the Eurasian Economic Commission, has been speaking about bilateral trade relations between Russia and Mongolia at the “Russia-Mongolia: Partnership in the New Reality” forum, which is being held in Ulan-Ude, near the Mongolian border. He stated that Russia and Mongolia will draw up a plan for trade, economic and investment cooperation for the period through 2025 within the next few months.“We would like our new plan for cooperation until 2025 to pave the way for new achievements,. Read more...

Draft on manure handling passed by State Duma in its first reading

  • 30 May 14:22

Draft on manure handling passed by State Duma in its first reading A draft law on animal by-products, namely manure and guano, has been passed by State Duma in its first reading at the plenary meeting on May 24, 2022. The document was presented to the State Duma by a group of senators and deputies of the lower house on March 1, 2022. As Vladimir Kashin, a State Duma deputy and one of the authors of the document, explained in his speech at the plenary meeting, the draft law is designed to free livestock farmers from unlawful penalties and support the production of organic fertilizers in Russia. The authors of the project say, that legislation ambiguity issue, in terms of production waste, such as manure and guano, has been. Read more...

McDonald's Russian successor dreams up new names

  • 30 May 10:06

McDonald's Russian successor dreams up new names Possibilities include "Fun and Tasty" and "The Same One McDonald's in Russia has registered possible brand names for the firm taking over its fast-food restaurants there, including "Fun and Tasty" and "The Same One",reported Reuters, citing patent filings on Friday. The world's largest burger chain, with nearly 850 restaurants in Russia, is selling up to one of its local licensees in response to Russia's military campaign in Ukraine and the subsequent wave of Western outrage and sanctions. The company said on Friday that the trademarks registered with Russia's Rospatent agency, from which it ultimately planned to. Read more...

Moscow companies produced more than 70 thousand tons of meat products in the first quarter of the year

  • 27 May 11:23

Moscow companies produced more than 70 thousand tons of meat products in the first quarter of the year The city offers more than 20 support measures to the capital's industrial enterprises, and is also developing new tools. Moscow enterprises in the first quarter of 2022 produced almost 71,000 tons of meat products. This is 15.5 percent higher than the result of 2021 for the same period, said Deputy Moscow Mayor for Economic Policy and Property and Land Relations Vladimir Yefimov. “24 enterprises of the meat industry operate in the city, which supply products not only to residents of the capital, but also to other regions of the country. From January to March 2022, such companies increased their output by 15.5 percent compared to the same period in 2021.. Read more...

In 2021, 10 million tons of food worth $5.4 billion were exported from Russia to Kazakhstan, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan and Armenia

  • 27 May 11:21

In 2021, 10 million tons of food worth $5.4 billion were exported from Russia to Kazakhstan, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan and Armenia In total, more than 10 million tons of food worth $5.4 billion were exported from Russia to Kazakhstan, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan and Armenia in 2021. Compared to 2020, the volume of shipments in physical terms increased by 15%, in value – by 31%. This is reported by the Federal Center "Agroexport". Including Russian agricultural exports to Kazakhstan in 2021 increased by 33% to $2.8 billion. Approximately half of this volume accounted for the products of the food and processing industry ($1.4 billion, +30%). Sales of fat and oil products increased by 30% to $274 million, grain crops – 2.3 times to $244 million, meat and dairy products – by. Read more...

Ministry of Agriculture: livestock breeders cope with new challenges

  • 26 May 10:45

Ministry of Agriculture: livestock breeders cope with new challenges Despite all the existing difficulties in the livestock industry and the agro-industrial complex in general, producers are coping well with new challenges. This was stated by Deputy Minister of Agriculture Andrey Razin during the Agroinvestor conference Russian Meat & Feed Industry - 2022. “Last year, we had problems with the volume of poultry meat production due to outbreaks of bird flu, but despite all this, at the end of the year, poultry farmers reached a positive trend,” he recalled. In the first quarter, livestock producers — meat, milk, eggs — continue to show growth, although they face a number of problems,. Read more...

Unique production of hatching eggs to start in the Pskov region

  • 26 May 10:43

Unique production of hatching eggs to start in the Pskov region In the Pskov region, they plan to create a reproducer designed to provide poultry farms with hatching eggs in the regions of the North-West Federal District. At the beginning of 2022, it was noted that the plans of a company affiliated with Pskovagroinvest included the acquisition of a loudspeaker from the Pskovskaya poultry farm. In mid-March, it became known that Pskovagroinvest and the agricultural company Pobeda were merging into a holding company. And a few more days later - that Pobeda would take a long-term lease on the site of the Pskovskaya poultry farm in the village of Piskovichi, Pskov District, and would start producing broiler hatching eggs there. Two. Read more...

Profitability in the poultry industry has fallen

  • 26 May 10:40

Profitability in the poultry industry has fallen The profitability of the poultry industry is now at its lowest point in the past few years. Sergey Lakhtyukhov, General Director of the National Union of Poultry Breeders (NSP), spoke about this at the Agroinvestor conference “Meat and animal feed industry. Prospects for Development in 2022”, which took place on May 24 in Moscow. In the first quarter, the increase in production in the industry amounted to 9.4% - this is a rather serious indicator, Lakhtyukhov said. The main industrial supply of meat in Russia today is pork and poultry, both in the consumer sector and in the processing segment. In March, according to the NSP, the supply of poultry meat amounted. Read more...

SPIEF 2022 – What Do You Want To Know?

  • 26 May 10:34

SPIEF 2022 – What Do You Want To Know? Russia’s primary international economic forum takes place in June amongst the background of extraordinary events. We give you a front row seat. TheSt.Petersburg International Economic Forum(SPIEF) takes place from June 15-18, an annual event usually hosted by the Russian President Vladimir Putin and one at which Russia-Global economic and trade development and investment policies are discussed within the structure of an economic forum. Senior foreign officials attend, with this year’s Primary Guest of Honor being the Egyptian President. Obviously this year’s event is being held under the continuation of the Ukraine conflict and the potential development. Read more...