World meat industry news

Retail chains might be obliged to provide shelves for organic products

  • 22 Sep 10:32

Retail chains might be obliged to provide shelves for organic products Head of the National Organic Union, Oleg Mironenko, confirmed that they want to oblige retail to provide shelves for organic products in stores — now retail chains do this at will. The new measure is being considered by the Ministry of Agriculture, a source in the market told Izvestia. It is supposed to be reflected in the developed strategy for the development of organic production until 2030. The ministry asked retail chains to present their position, a source in one of the retailers noted. The industry believes that it is too early to create a separate shelf for organic products, it will have a narrow assortment: wine, vodka, tea, pasta and milk. Oleg. Read more...

350 million rubles has been invested in a new livestock complex in Mari El

  • 21 Sep 09:22

350 million rubles has been invested in a new livestock complex in Mari El This is a part of a large investment project implemented by the collective farm Pervoye maya within the framework of the individual program of socio-economic development of Mari El. The collective farm Pervoye maya was provided with plots with an area of 38.8 hectares without bidding for construction of the farm. By the end of 2021, it is planned to build a livestock complex for 504 cows here. The volume of investments is 350 million rubles. 37 people will get jobs on the farm. To date, the installation of the frame and wall panels of the livestock complex has already been completed, the roof is being installed, the floors are being installed, the water supply. Read more...

Battal Battalov held a meeting with the heads of breeding organizations of Dagestan

  • 21 Sep 09:21

Battal Battalov held a meeting with the heads of breeding organizations of Dagestan The Minister of Agriculture and Food of the Republic of Moldova, Battal Battalov, held a meeting with the heads of breeding organizations of the republic. The event was dedicated to discussing the state and prospects of development of livestock breeding in Dagestan, the press service of the ministry reports. As of September 1, 70 breeding organizations of the Republic of Dagestan with certificates for breeding pedigree animals in 77 areas, including 2 breeding plants, 53 breeding producers and 15 gene pool farms, were registered in the state breeding register of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation. Of these, 16 organizations keep cattle, including 4. Read more...

Russian meat export to the Chinese market

  • 20 Sep 10:53

Russian meat export to the Chinese market Analyzing the external supply of Russian meat, it should be noted that the largest buyer is China, whose share of purchases is 37%. In February 2019, Chinese purchases of poultry meat began, and by the end of this year they increased 1.8 times - to $265 million. In 2020, the Chinese market also opened for Russian producers of cattle meat, resulting in the shipped volume of 8.7 thousand tons worth $48 million - more than half of all Russian exports of beef. Exports of Russian poultry meat to China in 2021 amounted to $ 160.4 million, and thus, China currently accounts for 67% of all exports of these products from Russia. This is facilitated by state support measures,. Read more...

Genesus Global Market Report: Russia, September 2021

  • 20 Sep 10:46

Genesus Global Market Report: Russia, September 2021 Current pig price in Russia is 138.2 Roubles (US$1.88) per kg live (with VAT). There are several reasons for recent increase in price. Covid restrictions mean more Russians taking holiday’s in Russia. A short-term shortage on market due to ASF breaks earlier in the year. A new large scale slaughter plant. A relatively small part of the supply chain available on the open market (many producers fully integrated with production, slaughter and processing). One on-going discussion I have with Russian producers is the possibility to get a higher price for better tasting pork. The consensus is always the market is ready for this. I. Read more...

Retail warns of a sharp rise in wholesale chicken and eggs prices

  • 17 Sep 10:39

Retail warns of a sharp rise in wholesale chicken and eggs prices Retailers warned the Ministry of Industry and Trade that producers will raise prices for eggs and chicken meat. The growth in prices for poultry meat products was confirmed by industry representatives. So, the wholesale price of a broiler carcass has grown to about 150 rubles per kg, and the cost of chicken breast fillets - up to 260 rubles per kg. Egg prices are also growing - in August the wholesale prices were at the level of about 30 rubles per ten, then contracts for the next six months (September-February) were already concluded at a price of 65 rubles per ten. The Ministry of Industry and Trade has become interested in a significant increase in the cost. Read more...

Russia To Expand Trade & Services With ASEAN

  • 17 Sep 10:34

Russia To Expand Trade & Services With ASEAN ASEAN has been hosting virtual ministerial meetings with its important global trade partners, including with Russia.During the ASEAN-Russia sessions, ministers adopted the revised Asean-Russia Trade and Investment Cooperation Roadmap and the Asean-Russia Trade and Investment Cooperation Work Program for 2021-25. These focus on trade and industry; micro-small, small and medium-sized enterprises; sci-tech, innovation and intellectual property; climate change, energy, transportation, agro-fisheries, tourism, culture, human resource development and health care, sustainable development, and the digital economy. Russia was represented at the meeting by the Deputy. Read more...

Tomsk holding company Sibagro bought a pig farm in the Kursk region

  • 16 Sep 09:50

Tomsk holding company Sibagro bought a pig farm in the Kursk region Tomsk-registered agro-industrial company Sibagro has expanded its list of controlled assets by adding Shchigry Glavprodukt pork complex in the Kursk region, which used to be part of Global Eco group, Sibagro's press service said on Monday. Earlier it was reported that Sibagro includes seven pig farms – in Tomsk, Kemerovo, Novosibirsk, Sverdlovsk and Tyumen regions, Krasnoyarsk Krai and the Republic of Buryatia; three meat processing plants in Tomsk, Novosibirsk and Yekaterinburg and the Tomskaya poultry farm. In April 2021, Sibagro bought a number of facilities, including a pork complex and a meat processing plant of Belgorod Promagro. "We have. Read more...

Russian turkey and duck meat renaissance

  • 16 Sep 09:49

Russian turkey and duck meat renaissance As broiler meat production in Russia sees the strongest decline in decades, investors are flocking to other poultry meat segments. Local analysts predict that turkey, duck and quail meat will drive growth in the Russian poultry industry in the years to come. In recent years, unconventional poultry meat production in Russia has been on a roller coaster. Major turkey producer, Eurodon, rolled out plans in 2017 to invest 78 billion rubles (US$ 1.3 billion) to expand production capacity in Rostov Oblast in southern Russia. Meanwhile, Eurodon’s subsidiary, Donstar, upped duck production. As Vadim Vaneev, general manager of Eurodon explains, both segments of. Read more...

WorldFood Moscow will bring together global food market leaders for a 30th time

  • 16 Sep 09:47

WorldFood Moscow will bring together global food market leaders for a 30th time The 30th Anniversary autumn food and drink exhibition WorldFood Moscow will take place on 21-24 September 2021 at Crocus Expo. The event will be organized by Hyve Group. Every autumn, for three decades running, WorldFood Moscow becomes a meeting venue and a platform for exchange of experience the Russian and global food market leaders. At the exhibition site, leading producers of food and beverages, representatives of wholesale and retail trade, public catering and HoReCa get a unique opportunity to negotiate with new customers and suppliers, expand the geography of sales and sign new contracts, get acquainted with the market innovations, and find new partners. In. Read more...