World meat industry news

In the 1st quarter of the Russian agroindustrial complex has sharply increased exports, reducing the gap with imports

  • 4 Jun 10:34

In the 1st quarter of the current year the export of Russian agricultural products rose sharply and closed the gap on imports, said Wednesday the General Director of the Institute for agricultural market studies (IKAR) Dmitry Rylko. “The first quarter shows a very strong growth of exports – by 19%. Imports, however, also grew, but at a much smaller interval. And as you can see, the volume of our exports gradually approaching the volume of our imports,” Rylko said at an online conference. According to the data presented ICARUS in the 1st quarter of 2020 the export of agricultural products from Russia amounted to $6,361 billion against $5,323 billion in. Read more...

A brief history of sausage in Russia and how to cook it at home (RECIPE)

  • 3 Jun 10:46

Don’t trust sausage sold in a shop? Check out this recipe of homemade Russian sausage! Despite the fact that the word "kolbasa" (sausage) and its production technology were borrowed from abroad, Russians still have a unique tradition of making sausage. Sausage in Russia was first mentioned in the 12th century birch bark manuscripts, yet their mass productionstarted almost five centuries later. Peter the Great, a Russian emperor, invited German butchers and sausage makers, among other specialists, in order to gainEuropean knowledge in the preparation of meat dishes. The recipe for the famous Russian "Braunschweiger" sausage comes. Read more...

Russia embraces its new global role in pork

  • 3 Jun 10:42

For decades after the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia was one of the biggest importers in the global pork market. Those times are over now, as the Russian pig industry has not only secured self-sufficiency, but also managed to become a low-cost producer. Where to next? Sergey Yushin of the National Meat Association explains. The Russian National Meat Association (NMA) is one of the country’s biggest and most powerful unions of farmers and meat processors. Liaising with the government, the NMA puts a lot of effort into making the domestic pig industry more efficient, to promote Russian pork in overseas markets and to boost sales to non-Russian customers. The country. Read more...

Russian beef makes foray into Chinese market

  • 2 Jun 10:50

China's domestic meat lovers have been presented with a new option after Russian beef made its foray into the market. A container carrying 21.4 tons of Russian beef has recently arrived in a designated site for imported meat supervision at Shanghai Xijiao International Agricultural Product Trade Center, marking the availability of the first batch of Russian beef in the Chinese market, China's state broadcaster reported late Sunday. Calls to the trade center, a main channel for farm products trade in the Yangtze River Delta, seeking more details on the imported beef went unanswered. The new option, albeit constituting a tiny part of China's total. Read more...

Milk sales in Russia grow up by 6.7%

  • 2 Jun 10:49

According to operational data from the Ministry of Agriculture of Russia, as of April 13, 2020, the daily volume of milk sales by agricultural organizations amounted to 49.3 thousand tons, which is 6.7% more than the same indicator in 2019. The maximum sales volumes were achieved in the Republic of Tatarstan, Krasnodar, Voronezh, Ekaterinburg,, Sverdlovsk, Novosibirsk, Saint-Petersburg, Moscow, Belgorod and Nizhny Novgorod, the Udmurt Republic, Altay. The average milk yield per cow per day amounted to 17.86 kg, which is 1.07 kg more than a year earlier. The leaders among the regions according to this indicator are Saint-Petersburg, Kaliningrad, Kaluga, Lipetsk,. Read more...

The list of soft loans destinations for export-oriented manufacturers of agricultural products is updated

  • 2 Jun 10:48

The Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin signed the Decree No. 748 as of May 26, 2020 expanding the list of areas for targeted use of soft loans for farmers, who joined the advanced competitiveness program. The Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation provides that companies representing fishing and fish farming industries, forest resource processing, and those engaged in fish, crustaceans and mollusks conservation shall be able to take advantage of investment and short-term loans (up to 15 years and 1 year, respectively). These measures are aimed at increasing export-oriented agricultural output and supporting the domestic producers amid. Read more...

Belarus complains about meat trade with Russia

  • 1 Jun 10:03

In Q1, just 69,000 tonnes of meat products were shipped to Russia. "If the dynamics stay in place, the annual target will be missed", say official sources. The Russian Agriculture Ministry is invited on May 15 in Minsk to discuss trade issues with its Belarusian counterpart. "In January-March we shipped 69,000 tonnes of meat products. If the dynamics stay in place, the annual target will be missed as well. Restrictions of the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance of Russia (Rosselkhoznadzor) on our food export are having a negative effect on the ability to hit the specified figures", declared Aleksei Bogdanov, Head of the. Read more...

Top 25 Most Produced Foods In Russia

  • 1 Jun 10:02

Wheat is the most produced food commodity in Russia followed by sugar beets & milk. Russia produces over 10 million tons of 7 food commodities: wheat, sugar beets, milk, potatoes, barley, corn & sunflower seed. Beef is the 18th most. Read more...

Swine production in Russia has increased by 11.3& in January-March 2020

  • 29 May 10:12

In January-March 2020, the production of pigs (live weight) in all categories of farms amounted to 1.2 million tons, which is 11.3% or 0.13 million tons more than the same period last year. Among them 1.1 million tons produced by agricultural organizations. The main increase in production was provided by agricultural producers of the Tambov, Kursk, Belgorod, Voronezh, Pskov, Orel regions, the republics of Bashkortostan and Mordovia. The key factors ensuring the positive dynamics of the development of all domestic animal husbandry are the formation of a modern feed base, the development of logistics and the strengthening of. Read more...

Poultry Production in Russia has increased by 2.4% in 2019

  • 29 May 10:10

In January-March 2020, the poultry production was estimated at 1.6 million tons (live weight), which is 2.4% more comparing to the level of the same period in 2019. Egg production increased by 1.7%, to 10.7 billion pieces. According to the forecast of the Ministry of Agriculture of Russia, poultry production will reach 6.74 million tons in 2020, which is 0.5% more than of 2019. Egg production will grow by 0.1%. Read more...