World meat industry news

Cherkizovo Group shares ESG experience

  • 17 Dec 11:04

Cherkizovo Group shares ESG experience Andrey Novikov, Head ofInvestor Relations atCherkizovo Group, took part inthe8thCongress “Innovative Practice: Science Plus Business” byInnopraktika andLomonosov Moscow State University todiscuss ESG implementation. Inhis speech, hefocused onthe Company’scontribution toreducing carbon emissions. The expert session “ESG inAgro: Green orCarbon?” was held bythe Innopraktikanon-governmentaldevelopment institution aspart ofthe 8thCongress “Innovative Practice: Science plus Business”. The event saw representatives ofthe agricultural sector share their experience inESG implementation. According toexperts, the world. Read more...

Vladimir Putin signed into law the veterinary export control of agricultural products bill

  • 16 Dec 11:09

Vladimir Putin signed into law the veterinary export control of agricultural products bill Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law which will ensure the fulfillment of obligations undertaken by Russia in terms of veterinary exports control of agricultural products. Russia undertook those obligations after joining the World Trade Organization (WTO). The new law will introduce amendments to the veterinary medicine law. The instrument is available in the legal information section on the Russian Government website. The law will come into operation on March 1, 2023. According to the new law, the Russian Government will establish the inspection procedure for the Russian exporters of livestock products. The assessment will be conducted at the request of an. Read more...

Rosselkhoznadzor is withdrawing livestock medicines from sale

  • 16 Dec 11:07

Rosselkhoznadzor is withdrawing livestock medicines from sale In the latest screening Rosselkhoznadzor found that a number of veterinary drugs including Tympanol intended for treatment of ruminants did not comply with quality requirements, according to the report of the regulator. The regulator’s investigators discovered that the samples of Tympanol (product number 0120421, valid through September 2022) failed to comply with quality indicator «mass fraction of the sum of flavonoids expressed as rutin». This drug is produced by Ltd Farmaks (Kirov Region). Tympanol is prescribed to cattle and small ruminants. The drug is used as an antiseptic and it prevents gassiness, destroys the gas bubbles in the foam of the. Read more...

Russia to double agricultural export to Egypt by 2030

  • 16 Dec 11:05

Russia to double agricultural export to Egypt by 2030 Russia can double agricultural export to Egypt by 2030, declared Dmitry Krasnov, head of the Agroexport center. Annually, Egyptian agricultural imports total about 14 bln USD with wheat, corn, beef, soybean, soybean oil as the key products. Russia successfully exports all these goods. “Russia is the largest supplier of wheat and sunflower oil to Egypt. However, corn, soybean oil, meat, dairy and fish are promising products for us. Taking into account these products, we can say that the export of Russian agricultural goods to Egypt can be doubled by. Read more...

Russian authorities culled 1 million pigs after ASF cases

  • 16 Dec 11:04

Russian authorities culled 1 million pigs after ASF cases About one million pigs had to be culled on commercial farms in Russia where African swine fever (ASF) had been detected for a period of over a year. The General Director of the National Pig Union Yuri Kovalev announced it at the 13th International workshop on Pig Production-2021. The head of the union noted that the ASF situations had worsened on large commercial farms since November 2020, prompting pig producers to slaughter at least a million pigs to control the virus. “Compared to the last 10 years we only slaughtered 2 million pigs”, added Yuri Kovalev. He emphasized that in the future, due to massive culls pig producers may be going into a pork. Read more...

Russia bans poultry from the Czech Republic and Germany

  • 15 Dec 11:05

Russia bans poultry  from the Czech Republic and Germany RussianFederal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Supervision- Rosselkhoznadzor - has introduced temporary restrictions on the supply of live poultry and poultry products to Russia from areas of Germany and the Czech Republic that are unfavorable for bird flu. In connection with the deterioration of the epizootic situation for avian influenza in Germany and the Czech Republic, the Rosselkhoznadzor is taking measures to prevent its introduction into the territory of the Russian Federation. To ensure the biological safety of the country, the department introduces temporary restrictions on the import of live poultry and poultry products from the territories of these. Read more...

US Imports From Russia Are Back To Pre-Crimea Sanctions Levels

  • 15 Dec 11:01

US Imports From Russia Are Back To Pre-Crimea Sanctions Levels While the US is pondering what to do about Moscow’s amassing of military troops and equipment on the eastern border of Ukraine among Moscow’s demands for NATO to commit to a legal agreement not to position troops or equipment in either the Ukraine or Georgia, Russian exports to the US have quietly recovered from the sanctions imposed over the annexation of Crimea. US imports from Russia are expected to reach US$30 billion for 2021, according to data just released by theUS Census Bureau, and have been averaging about US$2.5 billion a month since March. That is the highest level since 2012, two years before the US imposed trade sanctions on Russia following. Read more...

The government has allocated more than 9.5 billion rubles to provide preferential loans to farmers - Mikhail Mishustin

  • 15 Dec 10:54

The government has allocated more than 9.5 billion rubles to provide preferential loans to farmers - Mikhail Mishustin Over 9.5 billion rubles will be additionally allocated to support the program of preferential lending to agricultural producers. This will help subsidize at least 28.8 thousand preferential loans. Such an order was signed by Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, reported in the press service of the Cabinet of Ministers. The funds will be used to subsidize credit organizations that provide preferential loans to enterprises of the agro-industrial complex. In 2021, about 80 billion rubles were provided for these purposes. The need for additional financing is associated with an increase in the key rate of the Bank of Russia. The source of funds will be the. Read more...

Russian poultry farmers warned of a possible shortage of chicken meat

  • 14 Dec 10:24

Russian poultry farmers warned of a possible shortage of chicken meat Due to the growing shortage of amino acids and vitamins, feed mills may stop operating, which will lead to problems with meat production. These concerns were announced by representatives of the National Meat Association (NMA), warning First Deputy Prime Minister Andrei Belousov about them. As the newspaper notes, problems arose not only with imported additives, but also with the supply of Russian components. Market participants believe that this situation may persist until the second half of 2022. The head of the National Meat Association (NMA) Sergey Yushin informed about the current situation with the supply of amino acids for feed mills, the level of which is. Read more...

Turnover of ag products between Russia and Vietnam has grown by 12% in 2021

  • 14 Dec 10:17

Turnover of ag products between Russia and Vietnam has grown by 12% in 2021 Increasing trade in agricultural products and cooperation in the area of veterinary and phytosanitary supervision were discussed by Deputy Minister of Agriculture Sergey Levin and Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Agrarian Development of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam Tran Thanh Nam. The meeting took place at the Russian Ministry of Agriculture. As Sergei Levin noted, the close interaction of the relevant departments and businesses of the two countries, as well as the possibility of a preferential trade regime between the EAEU and Vietnam, made it possible to significantly increase the turnover of agricultural products and food. So, in the first 10 months of. Read more...