World meat industry news

Russian food stamps to help push poultry consumption

  • 14 May 11:05

Russian meat and poultry producers have asked the government to allocate Rub800 billion ($ 11 billion) for a food stamps programme. The idea is to support demand for the remainder of 2020 for multiple products, including poultry meat and eggs to mitigate the effects of the continuing Covid-19 epidemic. The food stamp programme would not only support consumers, whose buying power shrank, but would also improve demand for the products of Russian-origin. The social and economic conditions in the country are complicated with the Covid-19 epidemic,” Sergey Mikhailov, general director of Cherkizovo. The Russian industry said the food stamps would save. Read more...

Analysts are foreseeing a 9% growth acceleration in processed meat until 2023

  • 14 May 11:03

Convenience food is going to represent the main factor of growth in the processed meat market over the next three years, according to a market report from Technavio. A 9% CAGR is expected to generate an incremental growth of $226.37 billion over the next three years, despite the current disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The need for convenience foods is going to play a major role in the processed red meat market as the demand is expected to surge in regions such as Asia-Pacific, Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Asia will maintain a strong rate of demand, generating more than 31% of the growth expected in this market. In fact, some of the signs of growth are. Read more...

Cherkizovo Group announces operating results for April 2020

  • 13 May 11:07

Cherkizovo Group (MOEX: GCHE), the largest vertically integrated meat producer in Russia, today announces operating results for April 2020. [1] April 2020 April 2019 Change % y-o-y March 2020 Change %. Read more...

Slight decrease in Ukrainian poultry exports

  • 13 May 11:03

Egg shipments are the most impacted but, at the same time, imports have dropped as well. There was a slight sign of decline in the Ukrainian poultry meat exports in the first four months of the year. According to the State Customs Service, over January-April 2020, poultry exports have dropped by 0.5% compared with the same period last year, totaling 137,850 tonnes. In monetary terms, the export of these products decreased by 10.4%, to $178.62 million, reflecting the lost value in foodservice. Ukraine reduced egg exports by 29.4%, to 37,170 tonnes, losing 29.5% in value, to $33.44 million in the reporting period. At the same time, imports of poultry meat and. Read more...

Cherkizovo Group has topped the ranking of Russia’s largest feed producers

  • 12 May 11:34

For the fifth year running, Cherkizovo Group (Petelinka and Cherkizovo brands) has topped the ranking of Russia’s largest feed producers. The ranking was put together by Agroinvestor. Last year, the Company posted the highest incremental growth among its peers. Agroinvestor has presented its fifth annualrankingof major feed producers. In keeping with the tradition of previous years, Cherkizovo Group took the top spot in the rating. In2019, it manufactured 2.15million tonnes of products, up 330thousand tonnes or18% y-o-y. According to Agroinvestor, in volume terms, the Group showed the strongest growth among all companies included in the ranking. As. Read more...

Putin to hold meetings on agriculture, communications, IT industry

  • 12 May 11:33

Such practice of developing targeted solutions and adjusting the measures that have been already taken will be continued in the near future, Russian President says. Russian President Vladimir Putin announced plans to hold meetings on the situation in agriculture, light industry, communications, and the IT industry. "Almost every week, with the participation of business, we hold meetings to support and develop key sectors of the economy. Such practice of developing targeted solutions and adjusting the measures that have been already taken will be continued in the near future," he said. Putin specified that the situation in agriculture, light. Read more...

Russian scientists explain how to treat foodstuffs during pandemic

  • 8 May 11:58

The products, brought home from a shop, should immediately be treated with disinfectants containing alcohol, according to Svetlana Boddubko, a senior research worker and deputy chief of department at the Institute of Medical and Biological Problems under the Russian Academy of Sciences. Everything that you bring home, all packs should be better treated with disinfecting substances containing a high percentage of alcohol,she said in her interview with RIA Novosti. Boddubko said that food should not be disinfected with chlorine-containing means, since it might be dangerous. Such solutions are used to clean surfaces, door handles, and stair railings. According to. Read more...

CHERKIZOVO GROUP EXTENDS ITS LEAD IN FEED PRODUCTION SECTOR

  • 8 May 11:56

For the fifth year running, Cherkizovo Group (Petelinka and Cherkizovo brands) has topped the ranking of Russia’s largest feed producers. The ranking was put together by Agroinvestor. Last year, the Company posted the highest incremental growth among its peers. Agroinvestor has presented its fifth annualrankingof major feed producers. In keeping with the tradition of previous years, Cherkizovo Group took the top spot in the rating. In2019, it manufactured 2.15million tonnes of products, up 330thousand tonnes or18% y-o-y. According to Agroinvestor, in volume terms, the Group showed the strongest growth among all companies included in the ranking. As a. Read more...

Meat and Poultry Industry Russia 2020 postponed

  • 7 May 11:20

TheMeat and Poultry Industry Russia 2020management team has decided to postpone the exhibition (originally planned for end May) to October 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. More than 90% of the exhibitors agreed that the postponement of the event is the best solution. Meat and Poultry Industry Russia 2020, which is powered by VIV worldwide, is looking forward to welcoming exhibitors. Read more...

ASF Russia: Kaliningrad pig farm back on track

  • 7 May 11:14

Kaliningrad-based Baltic Meat Company No 3 has begun restocking its pig farms destroyed by the last year’s African Swine Fever (ASF) outbreak, according to general director Igor Kusnetsov. The company sent a group of sentinel pigs to the affected farms, where they should stay under constant monitoring for 60 days. By the end of that time, they should undergo a thorough examination to rule out the presence of theASF. Atypical outbreak Remarkably, theASFoutbreak registered at the farms of Baltic Meat Company No 3 was atypical. It was a rare case when ASF did not cause massive mortality among pigs. The virus’ presence was detected during a. Read more...