World meat industry news

Novosibirsk Region: the ban on beef export may last until spring

  • 1 Oct 10:42

The news portal Vesti Novosibirsk with reference to TASS reports that the lack of vaccination of cattle against FMD may become the basis for a long ban on the export of unprocessed beef from the Novosibirsk region. According to the regional veterinary office, restrictions may last until spring 2021, which meets the requirements of the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE). Experts drew attention to the fact that we are talking about the export of raw meat: the products of its processing are not subject to restrictions. Rosselkhoznadzor changed the status of the Novosibirsk region, recognizing it as a zone free from foot and mouth disease without vaccination, but. Read more...

Meat production will also increase in 2020

  • 1 Oct 10:41

Russian milk and meat production in 2020 is expected to be higher than in the previous year. Growth is particularly strong for pork. As Russia's Agriculture Minister Dmitry Patrushev announced in Moscow, milk production is expected to reach around 32 mill. t this year, which would be 740,000 t or 2% more than in 2019. At the same time, meat production is expected to increase by 453,000 t or around 3% to 15.6 mill. t live weight, the minister said. The Center for Agroanalytics, which is subordinate to the Agriculture Department, most recently estimated this year's production of meat of all species at the expected record level of 11.17 mill. t carcass weight. Read more...

How viruses shaped a new reality for Ukraine

  • 30 Sep 10:22

Market situations can differ from country to country; this becomes clear when listening to Oksana Yurchenko, president of the Association of Ukrainian Pig Breeders. Where Covid-19 led to supply chain problems in the US, Ukraine’s commercial production had a different experience. Long beforeAfrican Swine Fever(ASF) crossed the borders of Germany, the virus had already emerged in Ukraine. The country has been facing the virus since 2012 and learned the devastating consequences. In recent years, the country’s swine sector has been recovering bit by bit – then a new virus showed up: Covid-19. Oksana Yurchenko, president of the Association of. Read more...

Bolivian exporters of beef got access to Russian market

  • 30 Sep 10:19

TASS announced the opening of the Russian market for the supply of beef from Bolivia. Along with Russia, this South American country received the right to export cattle meat to Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. On September 23, the opening of beef exports to five CIS countries became one of the news items on the Unitel commercial television network. Acting President of Bolivia Jeanine Añez Chavez announced the received permission for the supply of meat. In her speech to the audience, she called this event a dream come true, and noted that new foreign economic contacts will contribute to the country's economic growth. Last year, Bolivia shipped. Read more...

Damate forms a parent herd of turkeys in the Rostov region

  • 29 Sep 12:18

Don-Media regional news agency (DON24.RU) informs that the group of companies "Damate" has begun to form a parent herd of turkeys on the leased assets of the holding Eurodon. In three poultry houses in the Ust-Donetsk region 20 thousand heads of young animals of the BIG-6 cross, arrived by flight from the UK, were delivered. In the fourth quarter of 2020, it is planned to accept two more shipments of poultry. Damate's press service notes that the creation of parent stock is an important stage in the production chain. It will ensure the production of hatching eggs, which will reduce the company's dependence on imports. The parent stock is raised. Read more...

Possible Newcastle disease could have caused poultry perishing in Akmola region

  • 29 Sep 12:08

Newcastle disease could have caused poultry perishingin the Akmola region, Khabar 24 reports. “In the Tselinograd region, the symptoms of bird flu are not similar. But we presume that it is Newcastle disease. Also pathological materials were sent for examination. We are waiting for the results,"said Talgat Zhunusov, deputy head of the veterinary department of the Akmola region. Poultry perishing started also in Zerendinsky and Bulandinsky and districts of the region. “Lab studies will show what kind of disease killed the birds. So far, quarantine has been imposed only in one village in the region - in the village of Shoyndykol. A special detachment. Read more...

The G20 Agriculture and Water Ministers discussed global food security issues

  • 28 Sep 11:30

The G20 Agriculture and Water Ministers held a meeting via video conference. Further steps of cooperation in the field of agriculture and water resources management development were discussed, including COVID-19 influence on the world agro-industrial complex. The Minister of Agriculture Dmitry Patrushev presented Russia at the meeting. He stated that the G20 platform has demonstrated its effectiveness in overcoming global challenges repeatedly, and Russia is eager to make the maximum contribution to the overall work. As Dmitry Patrushev noted, the COVID-19 spread has adjusted the global agenda. The pandemic has affected all the economy sectors, including the. Read more...

CHERKIZOVO GROUP CLOSES DEAL TO ACQUIRE A CHICKEN PROCESSING FACILITY FROM CARGILL

  • 28 Sep 11:28

Cherkizovo Group (MOEX:GCHE), Russia's largest meat producer, has announced that it completed the acquisition of Cargill’s chicken processing facility in the Tula region. AICMikhailovsky, part of Cherkizovo Group, closed the deal to acquire Сompass Foods LLC (based in Efremov, Tula region) from Cargill. As a result, the Group took over a chicken processing facility with a capacity of some 20,000tonnes of nuggets and other poultry products per year. The bulk of its products goes to McDonald’s fast food restaurant chain. The acquisition is set to greatly enhance Cherkizovo’s presence with food service clientele. In July2020, Cherkizovo Group and. Read more...

In 2021 the market of Uzbekistan will receive marbled meat

  • 25 Sep 08:40

By 2021, the market of Uzbekistan will begin to receive extra-class marbled beef. This was made possible by the creation of the agricultural cluster Jizzax Organic, which is focused on the uninterrupted production of meat and dairy products of the highest class. The total investment in the project will amount to €130 million, which will create a modern integrated production on the principle of “from field to counter”. At the moment, almost 600 heads of the Black Angus breed have already been brought and adapted to climatic conditions, and 35 calves were born on the land of Uzbekistan. Every day we receive requests from farmers who would like to. Read more...

Tariff quotas have been set on the meat products import to the EAEU countries in 2021

  • 25 Sep 08:39

The decision # 102 of August 18, 2020 of of the Management Board the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) on quotas on meat and poultry imports for the EAEU countries in 2021. Russia has retained quotas on beef imports in 2021, according to the decision of the Management Board of Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC). The quotas on beef the imports will be 570 thousand Mt, including 40 thousand Mt of chilled beef. The quotas on poultry imports, as in previous years, will be 364 thousand Mt, including 100 thousand Mt of ground poultry meat, 250 thousand Mt of half or quarter chicken carcasses, 14 thousand Mt of frozen boneless turkey meat. Russia introduced the TRQ in 2003.. Read more...