World meat industry news

At the end of 2021, Russia exported record volumes of beef, pork, horse meat and finished meat products

  • 13 Jan 11:03

At the end of 2021, Russia exported record volumes of beef, pork, horse meat and finished meat products According to the information system of the Rosselkhoznadzor FSIS "Argus", according to the results of 2021, Russian exporters sent record volumes of beef, pork, horse meat and finished meat products to foreign markets. The supply of poultry meat was also at a consistently high level.In general, the export of meat products increased from 579 thousand tons in 2020 to 585 thousand tons in 2021. Beef For 12 months of 2021, 31 thousand tons of beef were sent from Russia abroad - almost 2 times more than in 2020, when this figure was 15.9 thousand tons.The main buyer of this type of meat was China, where 20.1 thousand tons of beef were supplied, which is 2.3 times more. Read more...

Food cards can be introduced to stimulate the consumption of domestic products

  • 13 Jan 10:33

Food cards can be introduced to stimulate the consumption of domestic products Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Industry and Trade Vladimir Gutenev said that food cards can be introduced in Russia in order to stimulate the consumption of domestic products, as well as an additional measure to support low-income families. ‘Indeed, the inflationary processes launched by emission in the EU countries, in the United States, of course, force us to face the fact that inflation is quite significant within the framework of open market relations. And, despite the fact that high energy prices would allow us to significantly strengthen the ruble, this would cause very serious damage to the export potential of our industry,. Read more...

Sergey Dankvert has announced a significant drop in food products adulteration in Russia

  • 13 Jan 10:32

Sergey Dankvert has announced a significant drop in food products adulteration in Russia In his New Year’s Day message to employees, head of Rosselkhoznadzor Sergey Dankvert said that the livestock market in Russia has seen a significant decline in counterfeit products. “In Russia, the number of counterfeit products fell by an average of 3-4%,” said Sergey Dankvert. The study found that the adulteration of the most common product categories such as dairy products, eggs, fish products, animal feed, honey dropped by 3-4% on average. According to the head of Rosselkhoznadzor, a system of electronic veterinary certification Mercury also helps to combat the many actors in the counterfeit market. In 2021, the Rosselkhoznadzor inspectors. Read more...

Vladimir Putin signed into law a new bill on control of antibiotic use in livestock production

  • 12 Jan 11:13

Vladimir Putin signed into law a new bill on control of antibiotic use in livestock production Russian President Vladimir Putin signed into law a bill which aims to ban the use of antimicrobials including antibiotics in animal feed without a veterinary prescription, specific prescription requirements, as well as provided that the manufacturer does not have a license to produce pharmaceutical drugs. The new law will come into force from March 1, 2023.The document was published in the legal information section on the official website and is seeking to amend the federal legislation "On Veterinary Medicine" and "On Circulation of Medicinal Drugs." Current law states that the organizations engaged in breeding, farming and keeping of animals. Read more...

Russia And China To Develop SWIFT Avoiding International Financial Systems

  • 12 Jan 11:12

Russia And China To Develop SWIFT Avoiding International Financial Systems Russia and China have agreed to develop shared financial structures to deepen economic ties in a way that will not be affected by pressure of third countries.The move will help both countries reduce the threat of the US government’s long-arm jurisdiction based on the US dollar denominated. SWIFT international payment network. Yuri Ushakov, Putin’s foreign policy advisor, has stated that both countries intend to increase the use of their national currencies in mutual settlements and expanding cooperation to provide Russian and Chinese investors with access to stock markets, withUshakov saying that “particular attention was paid to the need to intensify efforts. Read more...

Belarus extends list of agricultural products prohibited for export

  • 12 Jan 11:11

Belarus extends list of agricultural products prohibited for export Belarus extends a list of agricultural products prohibited for export.Crushed wheat, rye and other cereals, any other processed wheat, rye and cereals as well as sunflower seed were added to the list. Since August 27, 2021, wheat and meslin, rye, barley, oats, corn, buckwheat, millet, triticale, other cereals and rapeseed arebanned for exportfrom Belarus for a. Read more...

Businesses in Russia Are Actively Moving Online

  • 11 Jan 11:20

Businesses in Russia Are Actively Moving Online Not only large companies in Russia but also small firms are actively switching to online sales, Russian mediainforms.Their volume has grown by almost one and a half times over the past year. Experts predict that more and more Russians will remain in the habit of ordering via the Internet in the future. The largest electronics and grocery retailers have benefited from the transition to online. For example, M.Video already sells more than 40 percent of its products. The turnover of X5 Group, which owns Pyaterochka and Perekrestok stores, has grown by hundreds of percent on the Internet. 2020 has been an incredibly successful year for online retailers. The total turnover. Read more...

Russia to Subsidize Agriproducts Transportation by Rail

  • 11 Jan 11:19

Russia to Subsidize Agriproducts Transportation by Rail The Government of the Russian Federation has updated the mechanism of subsidizing agricultural products transportation by rail by expanding the geographic scope of routes subject to subsidies. A decree to his effect was signed by Premier Mikhail Mishustin on December 28, 2021. Railway operators offering their customers lower tariffs for agriproducts are entitled to compensations from the federal budget. The new decree provides for such compensations for tariff reductions for transporting potatoes and vegetables from Dagestan, Astrakhan region and Krasnodar Kray to the Central, Northwest, Volga and Urals federal districts. Also, grain transportation from Kemerovo. Read more...

Ukraine has increased pork exports to foreign markets

  • 11 Jan 11:15

Ukraine has increased pork exports to foreign markets This year, the difficult situation in the domestic pork market has forced many producers to monitor more closely the export performance and import activity of other countries as reported by the press service of the Association of Pig Farmers of Ukraine (ACS). It is noted that the isolation of Ukraine from them due to the status of ASF-positive country does not allow to fully join the game of the global pork market. At the same time, even in these conditions, foreign supplies not only did not stop, but also during 2021 show positive dynamics. Thus, according to the head of the analytical department of the Association of Pig Farmers of Ukraine Oleksandra Bondarska,. Read more...

Vladimir Putin signed the law on monitoring agricultural land

  • 11 Jan 11:14

Vladimir Putin signed the law on monitoring agricultural land Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law establishing the procedure for monitoring agricultural land. The document is published on the official portal of legal information. According to the law, the information obtained during such monitoring must be entered in the State register of agricultural lands. This register will be maintained by the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation through the already functioning system of state information support in the field of agriculture. At the same time, the Cabinet of Ministers will establish the procedure for maintaining the state register, the composition of the information contained in it, as well as the. Read more...