World meat industry news

Russia decreased agricultural production by 10% in August

  • 4 Oct 10:59

Russia decreased agricultural production by 10% in August In January-August 2021, the production volumes of agricultural commodities in Russia exceeded 3.4 tln RUR in current prices, an increase of 3.4% compared with the figures in the same period last year, reported the Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat). In August, the production volumes of agricultural commodities decreased sizably by 10.1% compared to the same month of 2020 and totaled 787.8 bln RUR. Rosstat stressed that the reporting. Read more...

Cherkizovo Group becomes partner of National Pony Competitions in Moscow

  • 1 Oct 11:08

Cherkizovo Group becomes partner of National Pony Competitions in Moscow Cherkizovo Group, Russia'slargest meat producer, has become apartner ofNational Pony Competitions. The Company considers itvital tosupport initiatives promoting sports andhealthy lifestyle. The National Pony Competitions ran atthe Izmailovo Equestrian Sports Club inMoscow for the third time. The tournament featured pony competitions inOlympic equestrian sports (show jumping, dressage andeventing) andhobbyhorsing, aFinnish sport (riding stick horses andperforming equestrian moves). The event brought together athletes ofall ages from three years andup, aswell ascoaches andexperts inall pony sports from across Russia. Most guests were families with children. Read more...

Magnit is trying to become "friendly" to small agribusiness

  • 1 Oct 11:07

Magnit is trying to become "friendly" to small agribusiness Sergey Ermolaev, director of the department of the category "Fresh food products" of the retail chain Magnit, said that in 2021 the chain signed more than 80 new contracts with local dairy producers, in particular, in the framework of the own trade mark — it has become a new trend of the retailer, writes The DairyNews following the WorldFood Moscow 2021 exhibition. Speaking about joint projects with partners, the speaker said that this year Magnit has signed more than 80 new contracts with local dairy producers, who supply more than 950 new products to 15 thousand stores of the retail chain. This is facilitated by development of a range of farm products, as. Read more...

Export of agricultural products from Russia has increased by 19% since the beginning of the year – Agroexport

  • 1 Oct 11:06

Export of agricultural products from Russia has increased by 19% since the beginning of the year – Agroexport Exports of agro-industrial products from Russia, as of September 26, 2021, increased by 19% in annual terms and reached $23.148 billion, said in a statement of the federal center Agroexport under the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation. A week earlier, the growth rate was 18%. Grain exports for the reporting period increased by 13% and amounted to $7,114 billion, products of the fat and oil industry - by 45%, to $ 4,829 billion, supplies of meat and dairy products - by 28%, to $ 1,035 billion. Exports of fish and seafood increased by 14% and reached $4.052 billion, products of the food and processing industry - by 7%, to $3.044 billion. Exports. Read more...

India cuts supplies of beef to Russia - Saint Petersburg remains the main buyer

  • 30 Sep 13:07

India cuts supplies of beef to Russia - Saint Petersburg remains the main buyer The share of Indian beef in the total beef supply to the Russian market is steadily declining. At the end of 2019, the total volume of beef imports (HS Code 2021-2020) to Russia reached 293,659 tons. Of these, 18,200 tons (6.2% of total imports) were supplied by India. In 2020, the share of Indian products in the imported beef market in Russia decreased to 4.8% (12,330 tons out of 255,548 tons). According to the results of the first 9 months of 2021, beef supplies from India to Russia reached 7,050 tons, which is 14% lower than last year's level. The leading buyer of beef in India in 2021 was the Northwestern Federal District, which purchased 42% (2,127 tons). Read more...

Argentina and Russia discussed meat supply issues

  • 30 Sep 10:43

Argentina and Russia discussed meat supply issues On September 28, a working meeting of the Head of the Rosselkhoznadzor Sergey Dankvert with the Ambassador of the Argentine Republic to the Russian Federation Eduardo Antonio Zuain took place in Moscow. Representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Agriculture took part in the event from the Russian side. Sergei Dankvert, who is the co-chairman of the Russian-Argentine intergovernmental commission, stressed that business and trade relations between the countries are progressively developing and are characterized by mutual trust and respect. The export of agricultural products from Argentina in 2021, according to the FCS, as of September. Read more...

Agricultural trade between Russia and France has increased by 30% since the beginning of the year

  • 30 Sep 10:39

Agricultural trade between Russia and France has increased by 30% since the beginning of the year On September 18, Sergey Levin, Deputy Minister of Agriculture of Russia, met with Julien Denormandie, Minister of Agriculture and Food of France. The sides discussed prospects for cooperation in the agricultural sector. Agricultural trade between Russia and France has grown by almost 30% to 708 million dollars over the eight months of the current year. Meanwhile, cooperation in the investment sphere is actively developing. Large projects of French companies in the food industry are being successfully implemented in our country. Russia is interested in boosting food supplies to the French market. Taking into account the French presidency in the European Union in the first. Read more...

In the future EkoNiva will be able to put up on the market up to 25 thousand units of cattle per year

  • 30 Sep 10:38

In the future EkoNiva will be able to put up on the market up to 25 thousand units of cattle per year The development director of Alta Genetics Russia noted the promising opportunities of EkoNiva for herd reproduction and stressed that in the long term, such a model of the company can have a huge impact on the heifer market. According to the expert, now the company continues to follow its own model of herd reproduction - it is focused on the use of sexed semen to produce heifers with a lower cost. ‘EkoNiva has now curtailed all construction projects, taking into account its financial situation. Their reproduction model was largely focused on the active use of sexed semen in order to get more of their own heifers with a lower cost and then put them on their. Read more...

Tatarstan keeps the largest livestock herd

  • 28 Sep 11:11

Tatarstan keeps the largest livestock herd In August 2021, the largest livestock herd was registered in the Republic of Tatarstan - 564.2 thousand heads.The second place was taken by the Bryansk region - 543.6 thousand heads. The thirdleaderisthe Voronezh region - 363.8 thousand heads. The other seven subjects that made the ranking were: • Krasnodar Territory - 340.4 thousand heads; • Altai Territory - 300.2 thousand heads; • Novosibirsk region - 290.7 thousand heads; • Republic of Bashkortostan - 279.8 thousand heads; • Udmurt Republic - 274.1 thousand heads; • Kirov region - 224.5 thousand heads; • Kaluga Region - 219.0 thousand heads. At the same. Read more...

Lavrov said that the coronavirus pandemic has worsened the problem of hunger in the world

  • 28 Sep 10:54

Lavrov said that the coronavirus pandemic has worsened the problem of hunger in the world The pandemic of a new coronavirus infection has worsened the difficult situation in the field of food supply. This is stated in a video message posted on the website of the Russian Foreign Ministry on Friday by Head of the Russian diplomatic department, Sergey Lavrov, to the UN summit on food systems. ‘The Russian Federation consistently supports the solution of the problem of hunger and the elimination of all forms of malnutrition. We consider it unacceptable that against the background of the explosive development of science and technology, millions of people in the world continue to suffer and die from hunger and disease. Unfortunately, the already difficult. Read more...