Russian breeding farm Smena begun testing a new domestic poultry crossbreed named Smena-9. The test is done at 2 breeding farms in the Chelyabinsk Oblast. The company plans to register the new crossbreed in the 2nd half of 2020. This would pave the way to get government approval for commercialisation. According to the geneticists, Smena-9 has a superior performance compared to its predecessor Smena-8. This was already confirmed in preliminary field trials. The crossbreed was described as a fast-growing broiler with a high yield of pectoral muscles, a lower fat content, a high feed conversion and uniformity. In 2019, the Russian government adopted a domestic. Read more...
Russia may soon introduce zero import duties on agricultural products and raw materials with the aim of limiting price growth for essential goods on the domestic market. That was mentioned in theRussian Gazette, an official publication of the Russian government. In the publication, the Russian ministry of agriculture appealed to industry associations to prepare proposals for these zero import duties. Introduction of zero import duties The pig industry has been pushing for zero import duties on breeding materials, which is currently subjected to a 5% import duty. Yuri Kovalev, director of the Russian Union of Pork Producers (RUPP), expressed that in a statement. Read more...
The Belarusian Agriculture and Food Ministry in cooperation with the Belarusian Embassy in Vietnam has completed the certification process of Belarusian dairy companies in Vietnam, BelTA learned from the press service of the ministry. The appropriate government authorities of the two countries have harmonized all the necessary documents to expand supplies of Belarusian milk and dairy products to the Vietnamese market. “This step will enable Belarusian manufacturers to avoid the obligatory certification of every batch, which leads to substantial loss of time and financial expenses,” the Agriculture and Food Ministry explained. This will allow more. Read more...
The G20 ministerial video conference was focused on the effects of the coronavirus spread on the global agro-industrial complex. Russia was represented by the Deputy Minister of Agriculture Sergey Levin. According to him, the pandemic poses serious challenges for the global economy, and therefore for the agrisector. The current situation presupposes close attention and hard work to mitigate potential food security risks. “We believe that such conditions urge keeping the established supply chains of key food products. It is also necessary to avoid volatility and food market price speculations,” Sergey Levin emphasizes. Another important aspect is the. Read more...
The losses for Russia’s economic sectors which are worst-hit by the coronavirus pandemic could reach 17.9 trillion rubles ($239 billion), while up to 15.5 million people could lose their jobs, a new macroeconomic study by theNational Rating Agency(NRA) says, according toIzvestia. The crisis will deal a heavy blow to the service sector, while the food industry, agriculture, fishery, and forestry sectors will be the least affected, the study says. According to the experts, the government will try to prevent some of the damage by taking additional measures for helping the worst-hit parts of the economy. In its new forecast, the NRA relies on a basic scenario, where the. Read more...
In the early part of January, the outlook for the global pig industry was positive. The New Year forecast by market price expert Dr John Strak then was that pig farmers would share in good fortune in 2020 – but that was before Covid-19. The global outlook is very different now and it is time for a reboot. To be clear, Asia’s demand for pigmeat because ofASFhas not dramatically changed. However, there have been significant changes in one major pork exporting and consuming economy: the United States. This affects the global picture. I do not need to restate all the statistics that relate to Covid-19 here since it is obvious that the ‘lockdown’. Read more...
Cherkizovo Group, Russia’s largest meat producer, has provided 5,000sausages to mothers of large families in the Moscow Region. On April 16, Cherkizovo Group’s flagship facility, Cherkizovsky Meat Processing Plant, sent a batch of 5,000smoked sausages to mothers of large families across the Moscow Region. The Company provided this charitable aid after consultations with the region’s government and Minister of Agriculture and Food Andrey Razin. “We believe that it is Cherkizovo Group’s social responsibility to support people who find themselves in a difficult situation, especially during these testing times. Therefore, today we are. Read more...
There is a good chance that Russia’s plan to boost its agricultural export to $ 45 billion by 2024 will fall short, because of the continuing Covid-19 pandemic. This concludes the Russian Agricultural Ministry in a warning on the newest industry development strategy. The novel coronavirus epidemic has caused problems in delivering goods to China and hampered trade around the world. The cancellation of business events and competitive bidding procedures could negatively impact the dynamics of the Russian agricultural export growth, the Ministry said. The Russian government plans to significantly expand agricultural export in the coming years. The export value. Read more...
Doctor of Medicine, Russian nutritionist Aleksey Kovalkov believes that sugar is the most harmful product in the world, NEWS.ru reports. The doctor emphasized that everyone should exclude this product from their diet. Not a single product on Earth has created so many deaths and has led to such a huge number of pathologies, as sugar,Kovalkov said. He stressed that Moscow residents consume an average of 70 kilograms of sugar per year. This has a negative effect on the pancreas, he added. NEWS.ru earlier reported that chef and restaurant critic in London Vasily Korolkovsuggested a special dietduring quarantine amid the coronavirus pandemic, which. Read more...
Cherkizovo Group, Russia’s largest meat producer, is helping to provide food aid to underprivileged people from the Voronezh Region. This week, Cherkizovo Group joined a charity initiative to supply food parcels to low-income households in the Voronezh Region. Regional meat, bread, sunflower oil, dairy, cereal and other food producers all agreed to contribute to the cause. Cherkizovo itself donated over 8,600smoked sausages. These sausages will be added to food parcels and delivered to the vulnerable citizens specified by the Voronezh Region Department of Social Protection. The idea was coined by Alexei Gordeyev, ex-Governor of the Voronezh Region and current. Read more...
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