World meat industry news

China Becomes Largest Importer of Russian Meat

  • 4 Aug 15:56

Russia more than doubled its meat exports in the first six months of this year, RBC daily reports, citing data from the Russian Agricultural Bank. China has become the largest buyer of Russian meat, ahead of Ukraine, data showed. Mainland China accounted for 45 percent of Russian meat shipments in physical terms, while Hong Kong for 54 percent of the supplies. Analysts explained that exports from Russia grew mainly due to an increase in the supply of poultry meat. China has been buying poultry as well as chilled beef. Russian meat producer Cherkizovo is looking to expand its presence in the Chinese market. The company has been in talks on pork supplies to China,. Read more...

CHERKIZOVO HELPS LECTURERS AT AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITIES ENHANCE THEIR KNOWLEDGE

  • 3 Aug 12:03

Cherkizovo Group, Russia’s largest meat producer, launched its programme Education and Business: Training for Teachers. The programme is designed to help enhance the learning experience at agricultural universities and better prepare students looking to work at world-leading businesses. As part of the programme, on 23July representatives of Cherkizovo Group, the Russian Ministry of Agriculture, the Federal Educational and Methodological Association and rectors and professors fr om partner universities convened for their first online meeting. The discussion was focused on a number of topics, including modern trends and challenges in the agricultural industry, as well. Read more...

Dmitry Patrushev urges the regions of the Far Eastern Federal District and the Northwestern Federal District to diversify agriexport

  • 3 Aug 12:00

On July 30, the Minister of Agriculture Dmitry Patrushev discussed the current status and the progress of activities aimed at achieving the targets of the federal project "Export of agricultural products" with the officials of the Far Eastern and Northwestern Federal Districts. The meeting was attended by representatives of the Kamchatka, Primorsky and Khabarovsk Terrritories, Sakhalin, Arkhangelsk and Murmansk regions. The key foreign trade items for these regions are fish and seafood, which are among the most important within the Russian agricultural export bulk. In 2020, Russia is going to export these products for about $5.5 billion, whilst 80% of this. Read more...

Cattle herd in Russia exceeded 19 million heads

  • 31 Jul 11:13

By July 1 the number of cattle in farms of all categories in Russia was estimated at 19.2 million heads, which is 0.3% higher than the figure for the same date in 2019. This was reported by Rosstat. The number of cows by the beginning of the reporting month increased by 0.4% to 8.1 million heads, pigs - by 5.3% to 26.8 million heads, poultry - by 0.3%, to 563.4 million heads. At the same time, the number of sheep and goats decreased by 0.8%. Read more...

Dmitry Patrushev discussed the agriexport "points of growth" with key agricultural and commodity distributing regions

  • 30 Jul 10:58

The Minister of Agriculture Dmitry Patrushev held a regular meeting with the Russian Federation constituent entities on the prospects for achieving the regional target indicators of the federal project “Export of agricultural products”. The event was attended by Moscow, St. Petersburg, Krasnodar, Stavropol and Rostov regional officials. These regions account for a half of the total goal post for the current year ensuring $12.5 billion overall supply of agriproducts abroad. According to the operational data, at present, their total exports have already exceeded $6 billion, including $1.6 billion from Moscow, St. Petersburg – $525.8 million, Rostov. Read more...

Cherkizovo to apply the finest packaging solutions for meat and meat products

  • 30 Jul 10:57

Cherkizovo Group seeks to apply the finest packaging solutions for meat and meat products.Nowadays, the role of consumer packaging cannot be overestimated as it is an important factor of quality, taste, safety, shelf life and appearance of the products you eat. Here are Top10interesting facts about food packaging compiled by Cherkizovo experts. 1)The oldest man-made materials used in packaging are wood, ceramics and glass. In 1911, the invention of cellophane by Jacques Edwin Brandenberger, a Swiss chemist, revolutionised the trade industry. After a few improvements, cellophane became the first ever flexible packaging material to show certain. Read more...

Cherkizovo expands turkey production in Russia

  • 29 Jul 11:50

Russia’s biggest meat producer Cherkizovo and Spain’s Grupo Fuertes have opened a new plant as part of the Tambov Turkey project, which is ranked the second-largest turkey meat production complex in the country. The second stage of Tambov Turkey recently came into production and ramps up the total production capacity by 50% to 85,000 metric tonnes per year. The new project consists of 3 finisher sites, a nursery site, a slaughterhouse, a feed mill, a hatchery and a motor transport unit, Cherkizovo said in a statement. “The consumption of turkey meat is growing in Russia, but we chose to grow following demand, dividing the projects into 3 phases. Read more...

Russia increases the supply of meat and dairy products abroad

  • 29 Jul 11:47

Taking into account the guarantees provided by the Rosselkhoznadzor, the General Customs Administration of China has expanded the list of Russian enterprises supplying dairy products and ice cream to the country. Russian beekeeping products, fish and dairy products have recently gained access to the Saudi Arabian market. In April 2020, the first shipment of Russian grain was sent to Saudi Arabia. Also, deliveries of eggs and poultry meat are allowed there. In total, for 2020, Rosselkhoznadzor has coordinated 20 veterinary certificates for the export of Russian products with the competent authorities of 14 countries. In 2020, Russia obtained the right to supply beef. Read more...

Meat production continues to rise

  • 28 Jul 11:18

Russia, Belarus and Ukraine have increased production in the first half of 2020. Russia has increased production of meat, milk and eggs in the first half of 2020 According to current data from the Russian Federal Statistical Service (Rosstat), meat production amounted to 7.1 mill. t live weight. This was 4%more than in the same period of the previous year. The statisticians put the Russian cattle population at 19.2 mill. animals, including 8.1 mill. cows, on the cut-off date of 1 July. Compared with the same period last year, this represents increases of 0.3 and 0.4% respectively. Meanwhile, the number of pigs increased by 5.3% to 26.8 million, while the sheep and. Read more...

Five Russian producers to supply lamb to Saudi Arabia

  • 28 Jul 11:17

Five Russian producers of mutton received the right to export their products to Saudi Arabia. Representatives of the State Food and Drug Administration of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (SFDA) reported this to the Rosselkhoznadzor during video talks on July 22, 2020. As told to the publication "Veterinary and Life" in the Russian department, access to Saudi Arabian mutton market got: LLC "Bryansk Meat Company" (part of the agro-industrial holding "Miratorg"), LLC Agroholding "Agrokhom" (Republic of Dagestan), LLC "Kavkaz- Meat "(Karachay-Cherkess Republic), as well as two individual entrepreneurs from the. Read more...