World meat industry news

Residents of Kazakhstan now eat less meat

  • 30 Jun 13:10

Residents of Kazakhstan now eat less meat According to the results of the first quarter of this year, the consumption of meat and meat products decreased to 19.8 kg on average per capita, minus 5.4% compared to the same period last year,kazlenta.kzreports with reference to energyprom.kz. Most of all meat and meat products were consumed by residents of Pavlodar region: 24 kg, plus 1.9%; Least of all - residents of Shymkent: 14.6 kg, plus 1.7% per year. This year, the consumption of meat products decreased in comparison with the indicators of the previous year in 10 regions out of 17. The most noticeable indicator decreased in Almaty and the North Kazakhstan region: by 12.5%, to 20.3 kg and 17.3 kg,. Read more...

S&P upgrades Russia’s economic outlook for 2021

  • 29 Jun 11:07

S&P upgrades Russia’s economic outlook for 2021 S&P Global Ratings expects Russia’s economic growth to reach 3.7% this year. The agency has upgraded its previous forecast of 3.3%, published in March. The New York-based ratings agency expects the Russian economy to grow by 2.5% next year, while projecting further growth of 2% in 2023 and 2024.The forecast for Russia’s economic growth has been raised due to“faster-than-expected recovery in domestic demand”thanks to the easing of Covid-related restrictions, it reported. Moreover, the agency mentioned strong consumer lending as one of the reasons for the forecast upgrade.The analysts highlighted that the extended program of preferential. Read more...

New agreements approved between Azerbaijan, Russia

  • 29 Jun 11:05

New agreements approved between Azerbaijan, Russia President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev signed a decree approving an agreement on cooperation in the field of communications and information technologies between the Ministry of Transport, Communications and High Technologies of Azerbaijan and the Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media of Russia on June 26, Trend reports. The decree says that the agreement was signed on May 20, 2021 in Moscow. After the document comes into force, the Ministry of Transport, Communications and High Technologies of Azerbaijan will ensure the implementation of its provisions. The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry has been instructed to send a notification to the Russian. Read more...

Deputy PM: Belarus' agricultural exports will change insignificantly in the wake of sanctions

  • 28 Jun 12:19

Deputy PM: Belarus' agricultural exports will change insignificantly in the wake of sanctions The economic sanctions of the European Union will affect the agro-industrial complex to a lesser extent, Deputy Prime Minister of Belarus Aleksandr Subbotin told the Belarus 1 TV channel on 27 June, BelTA informs. “As to the agro-industrial complex, sanctions will affect it to a lesser extent. The land is ours, we have learned to work on it. We will have to work a bit harder. Maybe, we might have to adjust our export card, but I think the aftermath for the agricultural sector will not be critical, although I would not want it at all,” Aleksandr Subbotin said. Speaking about the country's major partner – the Russian Federation, the deputy. Read more...

Drought strikes in Russia and Central Asia

  • 28 Jun 12:18

Drought strikes in Russia and Central Asia Some regions of Russia are at risk of losing up to half their harvest due to a prolonged spring drought. The situation is equally critical in Central Asia where some countries (Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan) that control the upper course of rivers have tried to conserve water for their own needs, leaving those with the lower course (Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan) dry. Russia’s Ministry of Agriculture, headed by Dmitry Patrushev, is putting on a brave face, refusing for now to revise its grain harvest projections, despite preliminary data showing a clear decline. Without substantial rain, grain prices will see a major increase, badly affecting Russia’s. Read more...

Russia and Vietnam discuss trade of agricultural products

  • 25 Jun 10:20

Russia and Vietnam discuss trade of agricultural products In the first trimester of 2021, 22,000 tons of pork were shipped. This amounted to 43% of all imports of pork in the country. On June 11, Artem Daushev, Assistant to the Head of Rosselkhoznadzor (RussianFederal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance), had a video conference with Truong Hoang Minh, Trade Counselor of the Embassy of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam in the Russian Federation. The parties discussed the current state and prospects of Russian-Vietnamese trade and economic cooperation in agriculture. At the meeting, they said there has been an increase in supplies of Russian pork to the Vietnamese market. Trade Counsellor of the. Read more...

The Ministry of Agriculture discussed the current situation in the sector

  • 25 Jun 10:19

The Ministry of Agriculture discussed the current situation in the sector Dmitry Patrushev, Minister of Agriculture of Russia, held a meeting on the current situation in the agricultural sector.The participants discussed ensuring a smooth sector's performance during the pandemic, the progress of sowing and harvesting campaigns, and other topical issues. The Minister highlighted the need to intensify vaccination of the industry workers due to the spread of coronavirus. "We should keep in mind that the agricultural sector is a huge system that ensures the country's food security. It is necessary to raise awareness about vaccination among employees of enterprises, regional agricultural authorities, subordinate. Read more...

Responsibility of Russia-related cybercrime group REvil

  • 24 Jun 10:20

Responsibility of Russia-related cybercrime group REvil Behind the famous hacker group REvil GroupCyber ​​attacks on JBSAccording to sources who told CNBC on condition of anonymity.CausedJBS, The world’s largest meat packaging company to shut down. Raids on the world’s largest meat traders disrupted meat production in North America and Australia, raising concerns about possible supply shortages at some point during the busy summer grill season. I did. REvil (pronounced “R” followed by the word “evil”) is mostly composed of native Russian speakers. It is also believed to be based in the former Soviet Union.The organization runs a site on the dark web that is anachronistically known. Read more...

Meat imports to Russia down 20% to 77,600 tonnes in January-April

  • 24 Jun 10:17

Meat imports to Russia down 20% to 77,600 tonnes in January-April Meat imports to Russia in January-April 2021 decreased by 19.9% compared to the same period in 2020 and amounted to 77,600 tonnes, according to the materials of the Federal Customs Service. In monetary terms, the indicator fell by 22.8% to $273.4 mln. Imports of fresh and frozen poultry meat for the reporting period decreased by 8.2% to 66,200 tonnes, while in monetary terms, the indicator decreased by 7.8% to $101.5 mln. Imports of fresh and frozen fish increased by 10.6% in physical terms to 144,900 tonnes, and in value terms, the growth was. Read more...

Are Russian consumers of organic products ready to pay an increased price for them

  • 23 Jun 11:28

Are Russian consumers of organic products ready to pay an increased price for them Natalia Nikonova, a researcher at the St. Petersburg Federal Research Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Ph. D. in Economics, at the First International Conference on Digitalization of Agriculture and Organic Production said that to analyze the potential demand for organic milk and organic dairy products, she prepared a survey in which 100 residents of St. Petersburg participated in 2021, including 76% of women and 24% of men, writes The DairyNews. ‘The relevance of the study is related to the prospects for the development of organic agriculture in Russia, which directly depends on consumer demand for such products,’ the expert stressed.. Read more...