Russia had a bumper grain crop in the 2019 agricultural marketing year (MY19), which ends on July 1, and is on track to have another good year in the 2020 season with a harvest of 121mn tonnes, according to official forecasts. Grain production was up 9% y/y to 123mn tonnes in MY19, which also saw exports of 45.5mn tonnes. Those results were down slightly on the year before (135.4mn tonnes and 54.6mn tonnes), when all time highs were set, including the Soviet-era. Thanks to heavy investment by the state, as part of its autarky food security policy, agriculturehas been one of the most dynamic growth sectors and a real policy success as Russia attempts to. Read more...
The Rosselkhoznadzor developed and sent to the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation a package of amendments to the law “On Veterinary Medicine”. The bill regulates the use of antibiotics in livestock and poultry production. If amendments are adopted, control over the use of antibiotics in Russian agriculture will be tightened. “It contains a ban on the use of antimicrobials as growth stimulants, as well as for preventive purposes. Prescription antibiotic rates have been determined. It is also planned to introduce an entire article regulating the manufacture of feed with the addition of drugs, ” the head of Rosselkhoznadzor. Read more...
A Russian startup backed by an international food awareness organization plans to surpass Beyond Meat and conquer Europe’s plant-based meat market, the Meduza news websitereportedTuesday. The Berlin-based Proveg International investorsingles outRussia’s Greenwise startup for selling its plant-based strips and jerky in 2,000 stores across Russia. ForbesnamedGreenwise among the incubator’s five promising meat alternative startups. Greenwiseboastson its website that the green technology used to process vegetable proteins at its production plant southwest of Moscow “gives our meat alternatives [the] chewiness and texture of real. Read more...
A senior U.S. official warned this week that the United States will “take action in response to growing Russian support for Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro,” S&P Global Plattsreported. “We are looking at additional sanctions, personal sanctions, economic sanctions that we think will bring more pressure,” Elliot Abrams, the State Department’s Venezuela envoy, told reporters. Abrams, who did not specify what the sanctions would be, said the U.S. had been looking closely at Russia’srolein Venezuela and would not allow the level of support to go unchecked. President Donald Trump’s administration has sanctioned. Read more...
Over the last few decades, the incidence of depression has increased considerably among humans all over the globe. Things are not that different for pigs, say Russian scientists. They recently tested a new feed additive designed to make pigs happier. Pigs are just like humans. They experience stresses that may drive them to the edge of mental instability, says Konstantin Ostrenko, a researcher on this topic who is connected to the All-Russian Research Institute of Physiology, Biochemistry and Animal Nutrition. Modern industrial pig farms with heavy machines and a lot of noise make pigs much more prone to depression than was the case just a few decades ago. There are. Read more...
International trade restrictions put in place by the international community in 2014 had a detrimental effect on Russian poultry imports. However, as a result the industry focused on increasing self-sufficiency. Sergey Lakhtyukhov, director general of the Russian Union of Poultry Producers says his industry is now geared for international growth. Russia has long struggled to increase self-sufficiency to meet its national poultry consumption demand. Now that problem has been tackled, what’s next? “Yes, we have managed to become self-sufficient in poultrymeat, even though we are only 12th in the world in terms of poultrymeat consumption per capita. Today,. Read more...
Breeders from the Altai Territory bred a new breed of sika deer with large horns called "Altai-Ussuri". This was reported by the newspaper "Honest Word". They decided to breed this breed for the sake of antlers - young and not yet ossified horns. Scientists have set the goal of mass production of this useful material in everyday life. They received an improvement in the already actively bred Ussuri without crossing with other species. Scientists took several years to create a new species. The yield of antlers from this breed is at least 2-2.5 kilograms, which is 20 percent more than conventional breeds. The breed itself is also very fertile -. Read more...
According to the results of the current year, the export of Russian agricultural products in monetary terms will amount to $ 24 billion. This was reported by Kommersant with reference to the head of the Ministry of Agriculture Dmitry Patrushev. According to him, this is much lower than last year, due to a decrease in grain supplies. Earlier, experts reported that the reason for this was an improvement in the overall quality of Russian grain. Recall that the latest study of wheat lots, which was conducted by the Grain Quality Assessment Center, showed a sharp increase in the share of food classes. Against this background, in turn, the export of oil and fat products, which. Read more...
Cherkizovsky Meat Processing Plant, part of Cherkizovo Group, has joined the National Union of Meat Processors. Union membership will allow the Group to coordinate efforts with other industry players to deal with government agencies. The Cherkizovsky Meat Processing Plant is the oldest production facility in the Cherkizovo Group and will celebrate its 45th anniversary this year. Its accession to the National Union of Meat Processors (NUMP) was confirmed during a regular union meeting. Uniting over 80 meat producers from across Russia, the NUMP is a business advocacy group, which lobbies government agencies on behalf of the meat industry and promotes. Read more...
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