World meat industry news

A pilot project for industrial reindeer husbandry will be developed in Yakutia

  • 5 Dec 10:03

The government of Yakutia has embarked on a project to create industrial reindeer husbandry. And the idea of ​​this was prompted by the citizens of the republic themselves. A proposal for commercial reindeer husbandry came from pensioners from the Zhigansky and Oleneksky districts. According to them, traditional reindeer husbandry does not take into account modern knowledge and does not apply new technologies, therefore, it has no chance to compete with other branches of animal husbandry. So, for example, in reindeer herding farms operating in the old fashioned way, up to 60 percent of unproductive waste is the death of animals in summer from. Read more...

Russians cannot improve welfare due to spending on food

  • 4 Dec 09:35

The food costs of the Russians prevent them from improving their well-being. This was reported by "Rossiyskaya Gazeta" with reference to the data of the research holding "Romir". According to them, the expenses of the average Russian family in October amounted to 70.6 thousand rubles, of which 21.7 thousand or more than 30 percent of the total monthly budget was spent on food. This share is three times less than in the USA and Europe and six percent more than last year. Experts explain this by the strong difference in wages in countries and the threefold difference in food inflation with approximately equal food prices. Thus, the effect. Read more...

Record number of Russian restaurants named among the best in the world

  • 4 Dec 09:34

9 restaurants of Russia were included in the prestigious rating of the best institutions in the world La Liste - 2020, TASS reports. Never before has such a large number of catering establishments from Russia been included in the "golden thousand" of the world. Last year there were 26 of them, which also turned out to be a record for the country. This allowed Russia to rise in the national classification from 11th to 8th place out of 195 states. The highest score got the Moscow restaurant Twins Garden: 94 out of 100. The second place among Russian restaurants got White Rabbit, the third was taken by Pushkin (these are also Moscow residents). But. Read more...

Brexit Could Benefit Russian Businesses, Ambassador Says

  • 3 Dec 10:21

Russia sees both the positive and negative aspects of Great Britain’s exit from the European Union, Moscow’s ambassador to the UK Andrei Kelin toldRIA Novosti. According to the diplomat, Britain’s stay in the EU could benefit Russia in terms of greater predictability of relations and the already existing base of pan-European standards and agreements. “But on the other hand, if Brexit happens, we will have new opportunities, because the barriers established by the EU will disappear. For example, in trade there are now about 20 barriers and restrictions of this kind: for steel, in the chemical industry, for chromium,” said Kelin. He. Read more...

Russia to increase meat production by 2.5% in 2019

  • 3 Dec 10:20

The breakthrough made by Russian meat industry during the last years allowed the country not only to switch from import dependency to intensive development in providing domestic meat, but also to launch product export. The National Meat Association (NMA) forecasts that the progress will continue and the meat production growth will reach 2–2.5%. The Association doesn’t support the forecasts of some experts that the industry growth rate will significantly decrease this year. Margarita Brazhevskaya, Deputy Chief Officer on NMA, told “Interfax” that over the last 15 years, the production of cattle and poultry for slaughter in Russian Federation. Read more...

Belarus plans to open seven more meat processing plants and three poultry plants for export to China

  • 2 Dec 09:14

Belarus plans to open seven more meat processing plants and three poultry plants for export to China.“We are increasing our meat supply to China. In eight months, the supply volume reached $22 mln which is 37 times higher than in the same period of the last year. Overall, we exported 2.5 ths t of beef and 5.5 ths t of poultry. We are trying to increase the number of companies certified for exporting to Chinese market. We submitted applications for ten more plants, seven of which are meat processing plants and three poultry plants”, Alexey Bogdanov said. At the upcoming China International Import Expo in Shanghai, we plan to sign protocols which will allow. Read more...

An industrial parl for deep processing of lamb to be built in Dagestan

  • 2 Dec 09:13

According to “AgroXXI” portal, in Nogaysky District of Dagestan, an industrial park “Nogayprom” will be built near the pastures for small cattle, which will consist of several lamb production centers. Gaji Sultanov, acting minister of Economy and Territorial Development of the Republic, said that it was an economically viable decision. Building meat processing centers near the pastures will prevent sheep from losing weight during long cattle drives of dozens of kilometres. The construction of the industrial park will eliminate the export of live sheep in favour of value added production. Sultanov said that Dagestan has enough livestock resources. Read more...

Cherkizovo Group's products have once again been awarded the annual Product of the Year title

  • 2 Dec 09:09

Cherkizovo Group's products have once again been awarded the annual Product of the Year title. This year, the Petelinka and Pava-Pava brands have topped three categories at the same time. Cherkizovo Group received three awards at the 21stProduct of the Year 2019 Official Ceremony held in Moscow on November20. The Petelinka brand became the winner in the Poultry Cutlets and Eco-friendly Meat product in the Chicken Meat category. The Pava-Pava brand was recognised as the best Healthy Food product in the Turkey Meat category. Petelinka is Russia’s best known and most popular chilled poultry brand. The brand has also become the market leader in StPetersburg. Read more...

Chicken price fell by 1.4% to 144.68 rubles per kilogram in October

  • 29 Nov 08:49

According to Rosstat, the average October price for frozen and chilled broiler meat was 144.68 rubles per kilogram. Compared to September of this year, chicken price fell by 1.4%, but was 0.9% more expensive than in October last year. The highest prices for chicken in October 2019 were recorded in the Far Eastern Federal District, where one kilogram was sold on average at 199.65 rubles. The lowest prices for chicken remained in the Volga region, where one kilogram cost an average of 129.75 rubles. The minimum prices for broilers and chicken products for two years and 10 months were recorded in April last year: according to EMISS, the lowest price level for the period. Read more...

Mongolian auditors and importers completed work in three regions of Russia

  • 29 Nov 08:48

The inspection visit of the Mongolian delegation to Udmurtia, the Novosibirsk and Tambov regions ended on November 21, the press service of the Rosselkhoznadzor reports. Mongolia's state veterinary surveillance experts are counting on a long-term partnership with Russian exporters for the supply of meat to the country's domestic market. To date, an audit of companies producing pork and beef is completed. During the next visit, it is planned to inspect a number of potential suppliers of. Read more...