World meat industry news

Ukraine may begin consuming ASF-infected meat

  • 23 Sep 10:07

Approximately 100,000 pigs will be culled in Lviv, Ukraine, after African Swine Fever (ASF) was confirmed at a local farm in August, said the Ukrainian state veterinary service. Ukraine is about to lose 1.6% of its 6.4 million (1 August 2019 figure) pigs as a result of the outbreak. This figure is higher than the 72,226 pigs that the country culled due to 351 outbreaks ofASFat commercial farms and among wild boars since 2017, the state veterinary service estimated. It is yet to be determined how this case of ASF will affect the local pork market in the region, but some local news outlets have reported that the price of pork increased slightly following. Read more...

Russia’s Export and Import Decline Simultaneously

  • 23 Sep 10:05

Russia’s foreign trade surplus continues to shrink rapidly. In January-August 2019, in annual terms, it decreased by 8.7% to $ 100.8 billion, while in the first half of the year the rate of decline was only 3.4%, according to preliminary data from theCentral Bank. The reason is a decrease in the cost of exporting energy products against the background of unfavorable market conditions and an increase in imports of services while stagnating their exports, the regulator explains, as reported byKommersant. The contraction of the foreign trade surplus has become the main reason for the decrease in the surplus of the trading account of the balance of. Read more...

Ukraine poultry poses no threat to EU producers

  • 23 Sep 10:03

Broiler meat exports from Ukraine to the European Union (EU) have been seen soaring over the past few years, raising concerns that the future of European farmers comes a risk. However, new amendments to the Ukraine-EU trade deal are likely to curb export quantities and Ukrainian producers begin losing interest in the European market. The terms of access of Ukraine poultry products to the EU market are set by the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Areas, or DCFTA. The trade deal gives Ukraine access to the European Single Market in selected sectors and grants EU investors in those sectors the same regulatory environment in the associated country as in the EU. The new. Read more...

Thailand carries out an inspection of Russian beef exporters

  • 20 Sep 09:22

Two groups of inspectors representing the Department of Livestock Development of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Kingdom of Thailand (DLD) arrived in Moscow, the press service of the Rosselkhoznadzor reports. The main purpose of their working visit to Russia is to check three potential beef exporters for compliance with the veterinary requirements of this state of Southeast Asia. In addition, the visit program includes the study of the experience of Russian veterinary services and a system of measures to localize foci of African swine fever. Preliminarily, the work schedule of DLD representatives in Russia was discussed in Bangkok on August 15 at a meeting of. Read more...

A decrease in the number of wild boars will affect the Amur tiger population

  • 20 Sep 09:22

Wild boar Far East environmental damage WWF Amur tiger depopulation.Ecologists of the Amur branch of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) have warned of the danger of extermination of wild boars, which will inevitably affect the population of the Amur (Ussuri) tigers listed in the Red Book, RIA Novosti reported. In many areas of Primorye, the Amur Region and the Khabarovsk Territory, an emergency regime for African swine fever (ASF) has been introduced. According to WWF, 15 out of 16 currently officially registered outbreaks of infectious disease have occurred on farms and personal subsidiary plots. Among wild boars, a single case of ASF has been established.. Read more...

The agricultural industry week will begin in Moscow on October 4

  • 19 Sep 09:41

From October 4 to 13, the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation will hold the first agricultural week in Moscow, dedicated to the Day of the Agricultural and Processing Worker. Within the framework of Agricultural Week, the 21st agricultural exhibition and the national gastronomic festival Golden Autumn on Red Square will be held on October 9-12. At the same time, a festival of Russian winemaking will be organized in Moscow restaurants. Business and cultural events will be held at the Russian State Agrarian University - Moscow Agricultural Academy named by K.A. Timiryazev and the State Kremlin Palace. At the International Agro-Industrial Forum. Read more...

Russian Far East is looking for an investor for a pig farm project

  • 19 Sep 09:41

The Far East Investment Promotion and Export Support Agency (ANO IPA) is looking for an investor to build a pig farm in the village of Khurba near Komsomolsk-on-Amur. "The project is in the pre-investment stage. A land plot of 24 hectares has already been taken for the construction of a pig farm for 12 thousand heads per year. We have developed a business model. It is assumed that the pig farm will include reproduction sites and fattening, slaughterhouse with primary meat processing, waste disposal workshop, other infrastructure» - said in the report. «The construction time is 2 years. A map of the existing infrastructure was compiled, the. Read more...

Ravis exported 23 tons of poultry products to China

  • 18 Sep 10:36

The largest Ural agricultural holding sent broiler chickens and chicken legs to the Celestial Empire. For the first time this year, officials of the Rosselkhoznadzor Directorate for the Chelyabinsk Region carried out state control over export to the PRC. 23 tons of poultry by-products from the certified enterprise “Ravis-poultry farm Sosnovskaya” were subject to verification. According to the press service of the Rosselkhoznadzor Office, the territorial administration for the first time carried out full customs clearance of products - broiler chicken legs and processed chicken legs. Export batch was exported from Chelyabinsk by motor vehicles in. Read more...

Tula meat processing plant plans to produce non-standard products

  • 18 Sep 10:35

So far, few residents and guests of Tula have been able to enjoy the new products of the Tula meat processing plant. The delicacy only enters the market, but judging by the responses of those who have tasted it, its success is guaranteed. An elegant, unexpected and very tasty secret lurks in an elegant presentation of handmade sweets. You unfold a beautiful wrapper, put a cylinder of chocolate in your mouth and understand – it is a joke. Not sweet, but the taste of excellent smoked sausage, encourages to reach for more and more joking "sweets". New products will be sold soon in the. Read more...

The mutton production project in the Stavropol Territory will attract producers from neighboring regions

  • 17 Sep 10:02

The development of the project will be attended by Karachay-Cherkessia, Kalmykia and Dagestan Several regions will become participants in the implementation of a large project for the production of mutton in the Stavropol Territory. The plant for the production of lamb meat and fattening lambs is planned to be built in the Stavropol Territory by the Damate company. The planned production capacity is more than 25 tons of products per day, the estimated investment is 2 billion rubles. The volume of mutton production in the region, which now stands at about 27 thousand tons per year, is planned to double by 2024. “Many thanks to all my colleagues who are. Read more...