World meat industry news

Cherkizovo Group participates in B20 summit

  • 30 Jan 08:54

Cherkizovo Group, Russia’s largest meat producer, took part in the meeting of the Trade&Investment Taskforce as part of the prestigious Business20 (B20) summit. Last week, the Saudi Arabian capital city of Riyadh hosted this year's first meeting of the B20 taskforces. It was attended by representatives of prominent business communities and major companies from the G20 countries. During the event, pressing economic issues were discussed by panels of industry experts. These are known as "taskforces" and specialise inDigitalization,Trade&Investment,Energy,Finance&Infrastructure,Future of Work &Education,Sustainability and. Read more...

Russian pork in Venezuela worries vets in South America

  • 29 Jan 11:33

The Latin-American pig sector has expressed concerns about the arrival of 13,500 tonnes of pork meat from Russia to Venezuela, last December. The pork was shipped was from the Russian town of Korocha, in the Belgorod region of southern Russia close to the border with Ukraine. The area is well-known for pork production and is no stranger toAfrican Swine Fever(ASF) outbreaks. The last officially reported outbreaks from Belgorod region date from 2018, according to the website of the WorldOrganization for Animal Health(OIE). In 2019, noASFreports came from this area, but ASF was reported from regions neighbouring the Belgorod region, both in Russia as well as. Read more...

Russia opens the Chinese beef market

  • 29 Jan 11:31

Russia is to start shipments of beef to China after the veterinary and phytosanitary authorities on both sides have concluded the final details and signed an agreement to open the Chinese market for Russian beef. According to Rosselkhoznadzor, Russian federal service for veterinary and Phytosanitary Supervision, two plants, one owned by Bryansk Meat Company, a Miratorg subsidiary, and the other by GK Zarechnoye have already received the permission to start beef exports to China. Due to the ASF situation in the country, China is confronted with a meat deficit and has increased animal protein imports in the last 10 months to levels never seen before in the global market.. Read more...

SAUSAGE CONSUMPTION IN RUSSIAN FEDERATION AND MAIN MARKET TRENDS

  • 28 Jan 10:03

Since 2014, the apparent consumption[1] of sausages has been decreasing by the average annual rate of 2%, and as of year-end 2018, it was 2278 ths t. The negative market trend is related to the general crisis events in the economy, as well as to the import food ban and rising prices of raw materials, which together affected the changes in the final market demand. As of the first half of 2019, the apparent consumption of sausages continued the trend of 2018, dropping by 2%, compared to the same period of the previous year (up to 1102 ths t). Furthermore, there is a decrease in the volume of production and imported products in the market structure due to the low demand. Read more...

RAW MEAT IS THE BASIS FOR FUNCTIONAL FOOD PRODUCTION AND A SOURCE OF FUNCTIONAL INGREDIENTS

  • 28 Jan 09:47

With the ever increasing competition and the trend of healthy lifestyle, Russian meat processors can fill the unoccupied niche of functional meat products. These products have not only high nutritional value, but they also can improve consumer’s health and have a preventive effect on many diseases. Is this the “magic” food the modern consumers have been dreaming about? Marietta Aslanova, Doctor of Technical Science, Head of Functional and Social Food Technology Department of “Gorbatov” Food Systems Federal Research Center, Russian Academy of Sciences, told us about the functional food market and the new developments in this. Read more...

„MIRATORG” LAUNCHES A SHEEP BREEDING FARM IN TULA REGION

  • 27 Jan 10:10

“Miratorg” launched a sheep breeding complex in Tula region. The company is finishing the construction of production facilities and starts populating the farm with animals. In 2018, in Fatezhsky district of Kursk region, a pilot project for lamb production was launched which includes creation and development of a nuclear stock with high genetics, breeding stock maintenance, breeding and feeding of lambs for 4–6 months until they reach the weight of 45–55 kg. The sheep breeding complex in Tula region is another step towards the implementation of the project of lamb industrial production. The plant’s capacity will allow it to maintain up to. Read more...

MEAT PRODUCTION GROWS IN RYAZAN REGION

  • 27 Jan 10:09

From January to November, 2019, 77.4 ths t of live weight cattle and poultry for slaughter were produced in Ryazan region. This is by 13% more than in the same period of 2018. By December 1st, 2019, the agricultural companies of the region produced 65.2 ths t of meat of all kinds of cattle and poultry, which was by 16.7% more than the previous year’s level. The biggest growth was shown by the pig breeding farms of the region, which produced 43.5 ths t of pork. This is by 20.8% more than in 2018. ООО “Verdazernoproduct” in Sarayevsky district (33.5 ths t) and ОАО “Ryazanskiy Svinokomplex” (8.7 ths t) are the leaders in. Read more...

The maternal herd of the Kaliningrad meat company in 2019 increased by 30%

  • 24 Jan 09:58

AgroVestnik magazine, citing the press service of Miratorg Agribusiness Holding, reports that Kaliningrad Meat Company LLC increased the stock of Aberdeen Angus herd more than 30% in 2019. The Kaliningrad Meat Company, which is a part of Miratorg, was founded in 2011 in the Ozersky District of the Kaliningrad Region as the base enterprise for the cattle-breeding project to create a meat cattle breeding industry. Now Kaliningrad Meat Company holds more than 75 thousand head of cattle of the Aberdeen Angus breed. According to the results of 2019, the breeding stock at the facilities of the largest meat and cattle operator in the Kaliningrad region amounted. Read more...

NMA estimates the export potential of Russian meat in 2020 at $ 1 billion

  • 24 Jan 09:57

The head of the executive committee of the National Meat Association (NMA), Sergey Yushin, predicts that in 2020 Russia can increase the volume of meat supplies to foreign markets to $ 1 billion in value terms, according to the information and analytical agency OilWorld. Last year, Russian exporters exported 326.5 thousand tons of meat products, including offal and farm animals - 36 thousand tons more than in 2018. In value terms, shipments reached $ 850 million. Director General of the National Union of Pig Breeders Yuri Kovalev suggests that in 2020, Russian pork exports will increase by at least 10-15%. Last year, the volume of pork exports to the countries of near. Read more...

The Damate group of companies commissioned 32 new poultry houses

  • 23 Jan 09:26

By the beginning of 2020 32 new housing for raising and fattening turkeys of the Damate group of companies were involved in the Mokshansky district of the Penza region. Their launch was carried out as part of the next phase of the project to increase production volumes to 155 thousand tons per year. Damate’s new assets were commissioned at the end of last year in the village of Potma. At their expense, the total number of houses in the Moksha district increased up to 64. When the project is completed, 488 corps of rearing and feeding turkeys of the Damate group of companies will operate in the Penza Region. The growing area created in Potma consists of eight. Read more...