World meat industry news

Lard helps to overcome coronavirus, doctor says

  • 13 Oct 09:55

Lard can supply the body with essential vitamins and accelerate the healing process, Russian therapist Igor Yurkin told NEWS.ru. The number of people infected with coronavirus in Russia is growing every day. The seasonal incidence of SARS significantly complicates the situation. During this period, it is necessary to help the body overcome the infection with medicines and a particular set of useful products. As the therapist explained, four of these ‘elements’ can boost immunity and speed up the healing process. Lard ranked first among such products. Fat tissue is a storehouse of nutrients and a huge energy supply. It also contains a lot of vitamins. A. Read more...

Russian sausage is loved abroad

  • 13 Oct 09:44

In January-August 2020, Russia exported 26 thousand tons of sausages and similar products, which is 36% more than in the same period last year. In value terms, sales abroad increased by 28% to $ 52 million, the Ministry of Agriculture said. According to the ministry, Russian sausages were bought by 25 countries. The largest importers are the neighboring countries, and the volume of exports to these countries is growing. Thus, deliveries to Kazakhstan increased in physical terms by 34%, to Ukraine - by 1.5 times, to Azerbaijan - by 39%. Talking about non-CIS countries, 13 tons of sausages were exported to Vietnam, 3.9 tons - to South Korea, 3.7 tons - to China, 2.9. Read more...

Moscow-based lab produces first sample of Russian cultivated meat

  • 12 Oct 12:06

At the end of September, the Ochakov Food Ingredients Plant (OKPI), a Russian food innovation lab,announcedit has produced the country’s first sample of cultivated meat.“Cultivated meat” isone of the termsused to indicate meat produced by in vitro cultivation of animal cells, without the need to slaughter any animal. In this case, the 40-gram sample was grown using the muscle tissue of an Aberdeen Angus calf.The project was carried out over a 2-year period and the sample cost 900,000 rubles (around $14,000) to produce, stated the lab in its press release. “In vitro meat, also known as cultivated meat, is a very promising direction for the. Read more...

Russia Projected to Dominate Global Wheat Exports for Years to Come

  • 12 Oct 12:04

With grain production in Russia expected at record highs this year, the country has continued boosting exports and extending the list of its potential buyers around the world,Russia Todayreported. Algeria’s state grains agency said last week it would start accepting wheat imports from all countries, including Russia, in its next tender. Until now, Russia has only been able to export small amounts to the world’s third-biggest buyer of wheat. The move follows Saudi Arabia opening up its market for Russian grain last year. Russian grain accounted for all cargoes bought in Egypt’s latest tender on Tuesday. Russia has also increased wheat exports. Read more...

Cherkizovo becomes partner of TEFI-KIDS 2020

  • 9 Oct 11:19

Cherkizovo Trade House served as an official partner of TEFI-KIDS 2020, Russia’s national TV award for the best children's shows. During the award ceremony, all the winners and guests received sets of Cherkizovo products as gifts. The second TEFI-KIDS award ceremony took place on October5 at the Et Cetera theatre, with Bronze Orpheus statuettes distributed in tencategories, including the Daily Information and Entertainment Show for Children, TV Movie/Series and the Best Animated Movie. The event was hosted byMikella Abramova, a young talent, andVyacheslav Makarov, a singer, member of the Kamyzyaky KVN (Club of the Funny and Inventive People) team and a participant. Read more...

Another Russian company received access pork market in Vietnam

  • 9 Oct 11:17

Another Russian company has received the right to access pig products market in Vietnam/Rosselkhoznadzor continues to expand the list of Russian enterprises entitled to supply livestock products to Vietnam. According to the information received, the Department of Animal Health of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of Vietnam (DAH) has granted export rights to another Russian pork producer.Thus, at present 17 Russian enterprises have the right to supply pork and. Read more...

Kazakhstan: the "meat project" of Uzbekistan was cited as an example

  • 8 Oct 09:33

Experts note the significant growth of the industry due to loans and benefits of the state.Since 2017, Uzbekistan has been implementing the project "Development of the livestock sector," which is designed for six years - from 2017 to 2022. The country's financial partners were IBRD and the International Development Association, which provided loans of $30 million and $120 million for 25 years, respectively. The contribution of Uzbekistan itself is about $78 million: half in the form of financial funds, half in the form of tax and customs benefits. A distinctive feature of the meat livestock development program was that state support in the form of. Read more...

Sharp increase in meat prices in Kyrgyzstan - authorities are considering imposing restrictions on meat exports

  • 8 Oct 09:31

Over two weeks in Dzhalal Abad beef prices increased by 40 soms to 420 soms per kg.This information is confirmed by Alisher Koshaliev, the specialist at the State agency of antimonopoly regulation of Dzhalal Abad region. Prices on mutton are the same, "Azattyuk" reports. Traders say it's associated with meat exports to neighbouring Uzbekistan. In early September beef prices were at the level of 360-380 soms (ExRate KGS/USD = 79,26). On the meat shelves of the central market of Dzalal Abad, a kilo of horse meat is sold at 350 soms. A kilogram of chuchuk costs 900 soms. In recent days, meat has risen in price in Bishkek, a kilogram costs 380-400 soms. Advisor. Read more...

Agricultural achievements will be demonstrated at the Golden Autumn 2020 online exhibition

  • 7 Oct 11:21

The 22nd exhibition Golden Autumn 2020, which is the main business event of the Russian agricultural complex, will be held from the 7th of October until the 10th. The event is dedicated to Agriculture and Processing Industry Workers' Day, celebrated on the 11th of October. This year the event will be mainly held online. This provides an opportunity to introduce the key agricultural trends and achievements to a larger audience. The exposition will be available onзолотаяосень2020.рф. The best agricultural complex achievements will be demonstrated at the exhibition, including digitalization, production crop, animal husbandry, machinery, science, food. Read more...

Russian pork producers conquer Asian markets

  • 7 Oct 11:14

For 7 months of 2020, the export of Russian pork reached a record level of 62 thousand tons. The main importing countries were Kazakhstan Belarus, Ukraine, Mongolia, Vietnam and Hong Kong. As a reminder, back in 2012–2013, Russia was one of the largest importers of pork, then over 1.25 million tons of this type of meat were imported. Thanks to the measures of state support, the pig industry was able to modernize outdated enterprises and increase the production of pork, which was not inferior in quality to the products of the world's leading manufacturers. In just a few yearsRussiahas not only fully met the domestic demand for pork products and overcame. Read more...