World meat industry news

More pork and poultry Russian enterprises to supply meat to Vietnam

  • 14 Jul 10:37

The Vietnamese side agreed to receive meat products from Russia under the guarantee of the Rosselkhoznadzor/ "The Vietnamese competent authority included in the list of Russian enterprises that have the right to supply meat products to the market of this country, four more companies (twopoultry meat producers and two pork producers)," the press service of the Russian department reports. Currently, 31 Ruddian meat companiessend. Read more...

Four more Russian companies granted right to supply meat to Vietnam

  • 13 Jul 09:33

To date, 31 domestic meat and meat product manufacturers are entitled to ship their products to Vietnam. Four more Russian companies acquired the right to supply meat to Vietnam and the list of suppliers has expanded to 31, the Russian veterinary and phytosanitary watchdog Rosselkhoznadzor said on Monday. "The competent authority of Vietnam included four companies (two poultry producers and two pork producers among them) into the list of Russian enterprises having the right to supply meat products to the market of this country. 31 domestic meat and meat product manufacturers are currently entitled to ship their products to Vietnam," the regulator. Read more...

Major Russian poultry producer up for sale

  • 13 Jul 09:31

Russia’s third-biggest poultry producer, agricultural holding Prioskolie plans to sell a part of it’s assets, Russian newspaper Kommersant reported. Cherkizovo and CP Foods show interest. Several Russian and foreign companies expressed their interest in the takeover, including the country’s biggest meat producers Cherkizovo, Miratorg, and CP Foods. Although no details are available so far, the cost of the deal is expected to be Rub23 billion ($ 390 million), which means it could become the biggest M&A transaction in the Russian meat industry since 2015, when CP Foods acquired 2 major poultry farms in the country. In 2019, Prioskolie was ranked. Read more...

Livestock will be simplified for export

  • 10 Jul 08:46

The Ministry of Agriculture proposed amending the law on veterinary medicine by establishing veterinary control of enterprises exporting animal products outside the EAEU. According to WTO obligations, when exporting food products of animal origin, there are two ways to confirm the safety of products. The company has the right to do this independently from the veterinary services of the importing countries. But in this case, potential partners will have a reason to drag out negotiations, which "fundamentally contradicts the task set by the country's aim to increase export potential," the explanatory note to the document says. The second option is. Read more...

Russia:Pork export increased by 2.5 times

  • 10 Jul 08:45

In January-May 2020, the physical volume of exports of fresh and frozen pork grew by 2.5 times compared to last year, the Federal Customs Service (FCS) reports. According to the results of the six months of this year, Russia exported about 85 thousand tons of pig products (including export to the EAEU countries), an increase of almost 90% compared to last year, Yuri Kovalev, Director General of the National Pig Breeders Union (NSS), told. Such growth rates for the first half of 2020 became possible due to an increase in deliveries to Kazakhstan by 4.8 times, Mongolia – by 3 times and Vietnam – by 1.6 times. According to preliminary forecasts,. Read more...

Ukraine's animal inventory down

  • 9 Jul 09:59

From cattle to pigs, sheep, goats and poultry the country's livestock is declining. Ukrainian livestock is down this year on every sector, according to the State Statistics Service. Data compiled by the statisticians shows the cattle inventory in Ukraine as of June 1, 2020, amounted to 3.47 million animals, which is 6.6% less than on the same date in 2019. The pig herd has also dropped by 5.9%, to 5.97 million animals, whilst the number of sheep and goats has decreased by 6.3%, to 1.49 million animals. A similar situation was reported in poultry, an unusual decrease of 1.5% from 2019 to 231.12 million birds. Last year, cattle numbers in the country have. Read more...

Beef export from Russia increased 2.7 times

  • 9 Jul 09:58

This year Russia (from January 1 to June 28) exported 3.5 thousand tons of beef, which is 2.7 times more than in the same period last year (1.3 thousand tons), the Center for Agricultural Analytics reports. The cost of deliveries increased from $ 5.7 million to $ 15.8 million. According to preliminary estimates, beef production in Russia in 2020 may rise up to 1.641 million tons compared to 1.625 million tons in 2019, while imports of beef and beef offals are still expected to be at the. Read more...

Group "PRODO" strengthens its position in the segment of Halal products

  • 8 Jul 10:10

The segment of Halal products recently appeared on the Russian market, and is still under formation. Group "PRODO" has been producing products for Muslims in the mid-2000s, and since then has significantly strengthened its position in this direction. This is done in the attempt to satisfy as many customers because many companies "PRODO" are located in regions where traditionally a high proportion of the Muslim population. In order to start production of Halal products, it is necessary to change the production processes in the shops where it will produce. The certificate of conformity of the center of standardization and certification "Halal". Read more...

Ministry of Agriculture: the agricultural sector can grow by 1%

  • 8 Jul 10:04

This year, agricultural production may increase by 1% compared to 2019 with a planned value of 1.8%, according to the National Report of the Ministry of Agriculture following the implementation of the state program for agricultural development. Relative to the base year 2017, the industry will grow by 4.8% against the target of 3.8%. Including plant growing, it is expected to add 1.9% to last year, livestock - 1.5%. Under favorable economic and weather conditions, forecast indicators may be higher. According to the forecast of the ministry, the gross harvest of grain and legumes this year will be 121.9 million tons, which is 0.6% more than in 2019. In mid-June,. Read more...

Covid-19 brings turmoil to the Kazakhstan egg industry

  • 7 Jul 09:55

Egg production in Kazakhstan may fall by up to 30% during the next few months as Covid-19 is driving farms out of operation and pushes others to cull their stock. The entire poultry industry in Kazakhstan is suffering from the high prices on the domestic grain market. The average price of feed grain has recently reached KZT 90,000 ($ 217) per ton, while normally at this time of year grain costs around KZT 60,000 ($ 145) per ton Alexander Pryadko, owner of Alekri poultry farm told to the local news outlet Caravan. Poultry feed price hike The price hike is linked with the coronavirus pandemic. This pushed the government towards instituting a quota as. Read more...