World meat industry news

More pigs in Russia

  • 9 Feb 10:41

Meat production increased significantly again in 2020. In pork, the boom of recent years continues. Russian meat production increased again in the past calendar year. According to the Moscow-based Ministry of Agriculture, the total volume produced was 15.6 mill. t of live weight (LW), up 2% from 2019. Looking at individual meat types, however, there were significant differences, with beef production growing by only 0.2% to 2.8 mill. t and poultry meat by 0.4% to 6.7 mill. t. In contrast, pork production continued the strong momentum of previous years, increasing by 9.1% to 5.5 mill. t compared to 2019. According to Russia's first deputy agriculture. Read more...

Russia is increasing meat production, but meat prices may rise

  • 9 Feb 10:38

The growth of the agro-industrial complex in the Russian Federation in 2020 exceeded 3%. 4 sectors showed significant growth: pork production, poultry production, apple and greenhouse vegetables production. Growth slowed in January 2021, although the livestock sector continues to show a positive trend. Thus, the total number of livestock and poultry increased in all farms over the month, although on an annualbasis there was a decline due to a decrease in the number of poultry and small cattle. At the same time, there is an increase in the production of livestock and poultry for slaughter (in live weight) in farms of all categories on an annualbasis. The decline in. Read more...

COVID-19 Suspended Poultry Exports From Russia To China

  • 8 Feb 11:32

Following Beijing’s announcement that it had detected the COVID-19 virus in some Russian poultry products exported to China, it has banned the import of these products from several Russian manufacturing sites. According to a recent announcement by Chinese customs officials, the COVID-19 genome has been identified by Guangdong authorities in 13 shipments of chicken meat and related by-products produced by the Cherkizovo group. China Customs has announced that all the above shipments will be returned.Chinese officials have announced that all licenses to export Cherkizovo products to China will be suspended for four weeks until the investigation is. Read more...

Livestock production increased in 2020

  • 8 Feb 11:29

Livestock production both in the meat and dairy sectors increased in Russia in 2020. The upward trend is expected to continue this year. Production of livestock and poultry for slaughter in live weight reached 15.6 million tonnes, an increase of 3.1% (+472 thousand tonnes) compared to 2019. Pork production showed the highest growth of 8.9% (+446 thousand tonnes). The implementation of investment projects and the expansion of export opportunities for Russian suppliers drove such progress. Yury Kovalev, Director-General of the National Union of Swine Breeders, stated that the annual growth rate in the pork industry would remain at 3-5%. The production is expected to. Read more...

Russia’s Food Industry to Be Supported By Nation’s First Vegan Incubator

  • 5 Feb 11:02

Russia’s vegan food industry will be supported by an incubator for plant-based and alternative protein brands, which is set to open later this year. The new Association of Alternative Food Products Producers (AAFPP) will launch the incubator, which is the first of its kind in Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). The incubator will exclusively support food companies working on alternatives to animal-based foods and ingredients. In order to qualify for the program, startups must focus on plant-based foods and ingredients or cultivated hybrid products and related technologies such as 3D bioprinting and cell-based food production. The AAFPP plans. Read more...

Food prices in Russia in 2020 rose 7 times faster than in the EU

  • 5 Feb 10:59

Rosstat published information on consumer price indices in Russia and foreign countries in December 2020 based on information from Eurostat and national statistical services. Consumer food prices in Russia in December increased by 1.9% compared to the previous month. In 2020, food prices increased by 7.9%. In the EU, consumer food products prices fell by 0.4% over the past month. Over the past year, grocery. Read more...

Russia: Mandatory labelling of pigs likely in 2022

  • 4 Feb 10:04

The Russian government is likely to introduce mandatory labelling of all pigs and other livestock in the country in 2022.That news was shared by Maxim Uvaydov, Russia’s deputy minister for agriculture. He shared the news in the in-house publication of Rosselhoznadzor, the country’s veterinary watchdog. Labels for all animals for traceability The general idea is that all animals must carry some kind of tags, marks, or labels, so they can be counted, their movements can be tracked, and so a complete traceability on the pig market can be established. There is still no agreement whether this would be tags, marks, labels or anything else, or all together, but. Read more...

Since the beginning of the year, the export of meat and dairy products has increased by 20% - Agroexport

  • 4 Feb 10:02

As of January 24, export of meat and dairy products increased by 20% and amounted USD 40 million. At the same time, the price of one ton of products decreased by 2% - to $ 1,744, the press service of the Agroexport told. China is the leader among the countries-importers of Russian meat and dairy products. Since the beginning of the year, products worth $ 12 million have been delivered there. Ukraine is in second place ($ 7 million). Uzbekistan and Azerbaijan ranked third ($ 1 million). Other countries were supplied with meat and dairy products. Read more...

Russian Feed industry outlook is positive for 2021

  • 3 Feb 10:17

The Russian feed industry pushes through the pandemic smoothly, not experiencing major supply or production disruptions, and the outlook for 2021 is good, Seghey Mikhnyuk, chairman of the Russian Feed Union, said. In 2020, Russia produced approximately 30-31 million tons of feed, compared to 29.6 million tones in 2019. Production is not forecasted to grow sharply in the next few years, partly because Russia has achieved self-efficiency for most protein sources, Mikhnyuk said “Besides the Russian livestock industry is getting more effective, which means that we require less feed to produce meat and milk. This trend is gaining momentum, and it. Read more...

Market leaders increased pork production by almost 0.5 million tons

  • 3 Feb 10:14

Last year, the top 20 largest producers produced a total of 3.48 million tons of pork (hereinafter - in live weight) - about 480 thousand tons more than at the end of 2019, follows from the updated rating compiled by the National Union pig breeders (NSS). The market share of the leading players in the industry increased from 68.2% to 71.2% of the total industrial pork production in the country. The first place in the list was traditionally taken by Miratorg, which over the past year increased pork production from 426.6 thousand tons to 522.3 thousand tons, and its market share - from 9.7% to 10.7%. At the same time, there have been changes in the top five of the list.. Read more...