World meat industry news

Russia’s ‘Greens’ Revolution

  • 29 Oct 12:26

Russia’s ‘Greens’ Revolution In the question and answer session that followed President Putin’s speech to the annual Valdai Discussion Club meeting in Sochi last week, Vladimir Vladimirovich said he was thankful to the European Union for imposing sanctions on Russia in 2014, because Russia’s counter-sanctions, banning food imports from the EU, resulted in an enormous boost to its agricultural industry. Russian farming coped magnificently with the challenge. Putin mentioned the $25 billion in agricultural exports that Russia booked in the last year and he went on to thank Russia’s workers in the sector who made this possible. These remarks would suggest to both laymen and experts in. Read more...

Damate becomes self-sufficient in hatching eggs

  • 29 Oct 12:22

Damate becomes self-sufficient in hatching eggs Russian turkey meat producer, Damate Group, has reached 100% self-sufficiency in hatching eggs at its Rostov branch, according to the company.“An own parent turkey flock in Rostov makes us significantly less dependent on imported genetic material, reduces biological risks and increases egg quality indicators due to a shorter storage period and logistics optimisation,”Damate GroupCEO, Rashid Khairov, said. “Eggs are transported over very short distances, which reduces the share of delivery losses and secures maximum hatchability of chicks,” he added. 5 million eggs Damate plans to produce 40,000 tonnes of turkey meat in 2021. For that. Read more...

Rosselkhoznadzor continues to record an increase in exports from Russia of beef, pork, horse meat and a decrease in imports of certain types of meat

  • 28 Oct 11:23

Rosselkhoznadzor continues to record an increase in exports from Russia of beef, pork, horse meat and a decrease in imports of certain types of meat Rosselkhoznadzor continues to record an increase in exports from Russia of beef, pork, horse meat and a decrease in imports of certain types of meat. Beef According to the information system of the Rosselkhoznadzor "Argus", since the beginning of 2021 23.7 thousand tons of beef have been sent abroad from Russia - 2.2 times more than in the same period last year (then this figure was 10 , 6 thousand tons). The main buyer of this type of meat is China, where 15.2 thousand tons of products were delivered, which is almost 3 times more compared to the period from January 1 to October 17, 2020. Kazakhstan is also among the main importers of Russian beef. Read more...

Igor Babaev shares Cherkizovo Group’s development plans in Altai Territory

  • 28 Oct 11:13

Igor Babaev shares Cherkizovo Group’s development plans in Altai Territory Cherkizovo Group, Russia'slargest meat producer, will boost the capacity ofits Altaisky Broiler facility inSiberia to120,000 tonnesoflive-weightpoultry per year in2023. Igor Babaev, founder ofCherkizovo Group, made the announcement atameeting with Viktor Tomenko, Governor ofthe Altai Territory. The parties also discussed the Company'splans toexpand pig farming andgrain production inthe region. OnOctober 23, Altaisky Broiler hosted ameeting between Cherkizovo Group officials andmembers ofthe Altai Territory’sadministration led byGovernor Viktor Tomenko. The event focused onrelaunching the facility after afire inJuly andonCherkizovo Group’sinvestment. Read more...

NO PANIC - It`s just Russian Cuisine

  • 27 Oct 22:21

NO PANIC - It`s just Russian Cuisine Kholodets is a hearty dish made from a thickened to a jelly-like mass from cooling meat broth with pieces of meat. Known since the 16th century.In Russian cuisine it is a popular cold appetizer on the festive table. Usually jellied meat is served with horseradish or mustard. There are national varieties of jellied meat, for example, the Georgian dish Muzhuzhy, the Moldavian jelly. Read more...

President Putin instructed the Prosecutor General's Office to check food quality management system

  • 27 Oct 15:42

President Putin instructed the Prosecutor General's Office to check food quality management system The Kremlin's official website has published a list of instructions that Russian President Vladimir Putin gave to the Prosecutor General's Office, the government and the Russian Academy of Sciences as part of the creation of a national food quality management system. The basis of the Russian quality management system should be a comprehensive mechanism for its traceability. The duties of the General Prosecutor's Office include checking compliance with legislation in the production of food products and studying the degree of quality and safety of food products based on data from state information systems (FSIS). The President limited the deadline for the. Read more...

Who is to blame that chicken is becoming more expensive

  • 27 Oct 15:33

Who is to blame that chicken is becoming more expensive The situation is commented on by Sergei Lisovsky, State Duma deputy, Committee on Agrarian Issues Producers of poultry meat can no longer artificially restrain prices. In October, their losses reached the peak - the cost of chicken meat has grown recently by 20-25%. Small and medium-sized producers are forced to stop work: they do not have working capital to buy feed ... I have already written about the situation in which poultry meat producers are. And now new ones have been added to the existing problems. Packaging (+ 40-60%) and transportation (+ 10-20%) prices went up. Retail chains buy poultry meat from producers at 110-112 rubles per kilo, while what they. Read more...

Miratorg reports additional ASF outbreak

  • 27 Oct 10:03

Miratorg reports additional ASF outbreak Russia’s largest pork producer, Miratorg, has reported an outbreak of African swine fever (ASF) at one of its production sites.Reutersreports that the outbreak was reported at a site in Belgorod province in central Russia. African swine fever is spread partly by wild boars and is highly contagious among pigs, but is harmless to humans. The company said it has taken all measures to localise the outbreak. Last month,Miratorg reported a similar outbreak at another. Read more...

Russia`s Meat Trade - September 2021

  • 26 Oct 17:35

Russia`s Meat Trade - September 2021 Export of cattle meat to non-CIS countries in September 2021 amounted to 2.6 thousand tons, which is higher than last year's figure by + 56% (+0.9 thousand tons). The main growth (+0.7 thousand tons) was due to China (+ 68% y-o-y). Unexpectedly, Morocco took the third place among export destinations, where Russia did not supply meat at. Read more...

CP Foods expands production capacities in Russia

  • 26 Oct 11:30

CP Foods expands production capacities in Russia Russia Baltic Pork Invest, a subsidiary of CP Foods in Russia, considers building a 5th pig farm in the Nizhny Novgorod region in Central Russia. The company has already built 2 pig farms in the region designed for 180,000 head of pigs each and currently has 2 farms of a similar design under construction. The region’s agricultural minister Nikolai Denisov now explained that a pig farm similar to those already built in the region is planned to be constructed in 2024-2025. In addition, RBPI has recently bought a grain storage in Nizhny Novgorod region with a capacity of 130,000 tonnes of grain. The grain storage capacities are expanded to meet RBPI’s. Read more...