World meat industry news

Wrapping up February: What’s new in the world of pigs?

  • 2 Mar 09:50

February 2020 was an unusual month with the new coronavirus causing nervousness in international markets. Yet that other virus, African Swine Fever, caused some companies to achieve good profits. Biomin: EU zootechnical authorisation of Digestarom DC Duplex Animal nutrition firmBiominhas achieved EU authorisation for the Digestarom DC Duplex capsule in its next-generation phytogenic feed additive, Digestarom DC Xcel, as a zootechnical feed additive in weaned piglets. Such phytogenic feed additives contain substances found in herbs and essential oils that improve swine feed digestibility, reduce inflammation and promote growth, according to Dr Antonia. Read more...

February Business Update: What’s new in the poultry sector?

  • 2 Mar 09:49

We’re keeping our finger on the pulse and bring you a comprehensive summary of the latest business updates from the poultry industry worldwide. Moba detects egg cracks with artificial intelligence Mobahas announced 2 innovations in the field of crack detection with the development of a far-reaching new vision crack detection system using artificial intelligence. The existing Crack Detector and Shell Strength Detector will become standard features in Moba’s Shell Inspector. Moba launched the shell strength detection function to detect the shell strength of every individual egg about a year ago. This innovation is based on acoustic analysis and. Read more...

Russia-China trade impacted by coronavirus but situation not critical, deputy PM says

  • 28 Feb 11:12

Trade between Russia and China has been impacted by the spread of the new coronavirus but the situation is not critical, Russian Deputy Prime Minister and Presidential Envoy in the Far Eastern Federal District Yuri Trutnev said on Tuesday. "When any of your relatives falls ill, you never put your life on hold. I simply understand that he or she is sick and needs to be supported in this situation," he said. "So, we are trying to support China. Naturally, [the situation] is telling on our relations, first of all, on trade-and-economic ties. But nothing critical is happening. China and Russia are great powers and I am convinced China will cope with the. Read more...

Global poultry trade affected by Coronavirus

  • 28 Feb 11:09

Analysts believe China’s supply of poultry and egg products are likely to be affected over the next 6 months due to the ongoing battle against Coronavirus. Poultry prices have fallen sharply in recent weeks with restrictions placed on moving birds and factories closing for extended periods, effectively paralysing the supply chain. Transport disruption and labour shortages have also led to thousands of containers of frozen chicken, pork and beef piling up at some of China’s major ports. Coronavirus is a substantial blow to the Chinese agricultural economy. Poultry production had rise by 12% last year to 22.39m tonnes, due to farmers plugging the gap in. Read more...

New Food Security Doctrine Approved

  • 27 Feb 09:40

President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin signed a decree approving the new edition of the Food Security Doctrine of the Russian Federation. The previous version of the document was valid from 2010. The doctrine provides for a change in the previously adopted methodology for calculating food security. To assess it, instead of the share of domestic production in total domestic consumption, an international indicator of self-sufficiency will be used. It includes not only the ratio of production to consumption, but also the compliance of products with the requirements of the EAEU technical regulation, as well as the calculation of the economic and. Read more...

Russian agriexport has grown 20-fold since 2000

  • 27 Feb 09:38

Deputy Minister of Agriculture Sergey Levin addressed to the panel “Agricultural exports as a driver of economic growth – prospects and challenges for Germany and Russia” at the Berlin Green Week 2020. The potential of German and Russian agriculture, effective managerial technologies for agricultural sector, agricultural export as a driver of sustainable national economy growth were in point. In particular, Sergey Levin proclaimed that over five recent years since the sanctions were imposed the Russian agricultural sector performed real transition from import substitution to export development model. “Over the past 10 years, agricultural. Read more...

Higher Incomes Drive Russian Consumer Demand up in January

  • 26 Feb 10:06

As real disposable incomes in Russia begin to rise again, consumer demand recorded strong growth in January,bne Intellinewsreports. The Russian economy’s consumer segment showed solid improvement in January 2020: growth in retail sales accelerated to 2.7% y/y, volumes of residential housing rose 14.3% y/y and services to the population rose 1.9% y/y, according toRosstat’s monthly report released on February 20. Real wage growth in December accelerated by the highest rate in almost two years (6.9% y/y), BCS GM reported, while the unemployment rate in January remained at post-Soviet lows of 4.7%, down slightly from 4.9% in January 2019. Consumption is. Read more...

CHERKIZOVO BEGINS SHIPPING TO UAE

  • 26 Feb 10:05

Cherkizovo Group, Russia’s largest meat producer, announces the launch of poultry shipments to the United Arab Emirates(UAE). Looking ahead, we expect to establish regular poultry supplies to other Gulf countries, a topic discussed with potential partners at the Gulfood2020 trade exhibition in Dubai. In February, Cherkizovo began supplying poultry to the UAE from the Vasilyevskaya poultry farm (Penza Region, Russia). The first shipment of 54tonnes of frozen chicken breast fillets has already left the port of Novorossiysk for Dubai. The shipment is intended for customers working in the HoReCa industry. Vasilyevskaya poultry farm is one of. Read more...

RUSSIAN POULTRY INDUSTRY: EXPORT-ORIENTED SOLUTIONS

  • 25 Feb 11:16

In the last six years, the total poultry production volume on a carcass weight basis in the Russian Federation grew by 31.5%: from 3.84 mln t in 2013 to 5.05 mln t in 2019. By 2018, the poultry production met the country’s domestic needs and began a gradual entry into the export markets. 2019 saw an export growth trend — Russia exported poultry in the amount of 234 mln US dollars in 10 months. Dmitriy Aveltsov, director of “Agroanalytics Center” of Russian Ministry of Agriculture told us how things are going in the sector and what results were achieved by Russian poultry producers. Production volume According to preliminary estimates, in 2019,. Read more...

Miratorg starts export of high-quality beef to Brazil

  • 25 Feb 11:14

ABH Miratorg, Russia’s largest pork and beef producer, reports that it’s the first Russian company starting supplies of high-quality beef to Brazil. Miratorg is the largest beef producer in Russia. The investments in the cattle interregional project exceed 114 billion rubles. There are 97 farms in 6 regions of Russia; the total population of Aberdeen-Angus cattle is over 700 thousand heads which makes it possible to provide growing demand for raw materials in both Russian and international markets. The production chain includes crop production, cattle farms, grain fattening facilities (feedlots) and high-tech automated complex for cattle slaughter and. Read more...