World meat industry news

Russia bans pork supplies from Nigeria due to large ASF outbreak

  • 30 Jun 10:56

The Rosselkhoznadzor banned the supply of live pigs and pig products from Nigeria. Restrictions introduced since June 25, 2020. It is clarified that the reason for the ban on pork imports from Nigeria was the deteriorationof the epizootic situation in African swine fever (ASF) in this country.The restrictions also apply to finished products from pork, slaughter products, with the exception of meat products that have undergone processing, which guarantees the destruction of the virus. It is also forbidden to import raw materials from this meat, which is used for the production of feed. In addition, restrictions apply to the importation of live pigs, the embryos of these. Read more...

Russiam poultry production in 2020 may reach 6.7 million tons

  • 30 Jun 10:54

In recent years, poultry farming in the country has been developing dynamically and now the sector occupies a leading position among all branches of animal husbandry. The share of poultry meat in the total meat production volume is 44.2%. The level of self-sufficiency in 2019 reached 100.3%. At the same time, export of poultry products increased by 13% compared to 2018 - up to 209.8 thousand tons. The main production is concentrated in the Central, Volga and Ural federal districts. According to the Russian Ministry of Agriculture, in 2020, poultry production (for slaughter in live weight) will be 6.7 million tons, and by 2025 it will grow. Read more...

Putin says convinced Russia will get over current crisis with minimal losses

  • 29 Jun 08:58

He recalled about current allowances to families with children, allowances to support the economy and pandemic-affected sectors. Russian President Vladimir Putin has said he is convinced the country will get over the coronavirus-triggered crisis with minimal losses. "I think Russia will be able to get over everything, to cope with everything and survive. The question is the price of it," he said in an interview with the Moscow. Kremlin. Putin program on theRossiya-1television channel on Sunday when asked whether Russia could have withstood such a crisis should it happen twenty years ago. "Looking back at the 1990s, well, it was a difficult time. In. Read more...

Turkmenistan may open trade representative office in Russia's Tatarstan

  • 29 Jun 08:57

Turkmenistan may open a trade representative office in Tatarstan, said Atadurdy Bayramov, Consul-General of Turkmenistan to Tatarstan capital Kazan, during his meeting with Head of Investment Development Agency of Russia's Republic of Tatarstan Taliya Minullina, Trend reports with reference to Turkmenportal Information Portal. 'Turkmen-Russian relations are a priority for us,' said Atadurdy Bayramov adding that taking this into account, Turkmenistan is ready to open the country's trade representative office in Tatarstan. In his words, recently, the foreign trade turnover in Turkmenistan has grown, and a large share of this trade is accounted. Read more...

The Resource Group of Companies, Russians leading poultry producer, chooses HatchCare as their Early Feeding solution.

  • 26 Jun 10:38

The Resource Group of Companies (GAP) producers poultry meat in Russia and exports to over 40 countries. As a fully integrated company, GAP provides a full cycle of poultry production: parent flock management, incubation, broiler growing, feed production, to procession, sales and promotion. Parent stock management of high-performing crosses allows them to provide their 7 hatcheries with breeding material, and guarantee the high quality of the incubation egg. Providing feed and fresh water to newborn chicks straight from birth allows the animal the best possible start in life, providing a foundation for long-term chick health, development and quality. Andrey Uzlovenko. Read more...

Genesus Global Market Report Russia, June 2020

  • 26 Jun 10:36

Current Russian pig price is 94.9 Roubles ($1.37) per kg live-weight including VAT. At this level, good producers continue to make good profits even with this year’s higher feed price. Simon Grey, General Manager Russia, CIS, and Europe. simongrey@genesus.com There has not been over much disruption to supplies from meat plant closures, although there are plants where the administrative staff is packing meat. This is one circumstance where having excessive levels of administration have helped. It does of course beg the question if in these circumstances’ administrators can work on the factory floor, what do they do in normal. Read more...

Russia: Poultry feed rise in price

  • 25 Jun 11:12

There have been no such prices since July last year, SoyaNews informs, referring to the latest EMISS data. In May 2020 The price of poultry feedin our country averaged 19.0 thousand rubles / ton - this is 3.4% more than a month earlier, and 1.8% more than in May 2019. Since the beginning of the year, the price has increased by 7.3%. From January 2018 the minimum price for compound poultryfeeds in Russia was recorded in January 2018. - 15.0 thousand rubles / t, reports SoyaNews; the maximum price was registered in April 2019. - 19.2 thousand rubles / t. The most expensive compound feeds in May 2020 were sold in the Southern Federal District (22.0 thousand rubles / t),. Read more...

Russia:Organic certificates are issued by mushroom farms and livestock breeders

  • 25 Jun 11:08

The bulk of applications for certification of organic products comes from manufacturers in the field of crop production (including mushroom farms) and livestock, told the deputy head of Roskachestva Elena Sarattseva. In the third place in the number of applications for an organic certificate are processing products, said Elena Sarattseva. "Beekeepers are less likely to declare, there is not a single application for aquaculture," said the representative of the Roskachestvo. Applications for certification came from Mordovia, Crimea, Kaluga, Orel and Smolensk regions, as well as from the Krasnodar Territory, Krasnoyarsk, Ulyanovsk, Tambov and Penza. Since. Read more...

MHP sticks to acquisition plans despite Covid-19 impact

  • 23 Jun 05:40

The Covid-19 pandemic will have a negative impact on MHP’s revenue in the second quarter of 2020, but it doesn’t affect its overall export goals and expansion strategy, the company said in a statement on its website. “Although the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic did not have a material impact on the first quarter’s performance, and the MHP’s poultry production facilities have been operating at full capacity since the beginning of April, Covid-19 is expected to have an adverse effect on the MHP’s earnings in the second quarter, mainly because of lower prices on the world market due to lower demand,” MHP said. “With. Read more...

CHERKIZOVO GROUP TAKES PART IN THE CONFERENCE “RUSSIAN AGRICULTURE 2020: WHO WILL FEED THE COUNTRY?”

  • 23 Jun 05:39

The Komsomolskaya Pravda radio station has held an online conference to discuss the current state and future prospects of Russian agriculture. The event was attended by representatives of the Russian Ministry of Agriculture, the Russian Export Center, regional authorities and the wider business community. The conference addressed a wide range of topics, including import substitution and the expansion of agricultural exports. Rustam Khafizov, Chief Analyst at Cherkizovo Group, took part in the online conference "Russian agriculture2020: who will feed the country?”. In his speech, he highlighted favourable developments in Russia's meat industry. He noted. Read more...