World meat industry news

The largest turkey processing plant in Europe launched by Damate

  • 30 May 09:28

The group of companies Damate officially announced the launch of a turkey meat processing plant in the Nizhnelomovsky district of the Penza region. According to updated data, the capacity of the new enterprise is 155 thousand tons of poultry meat per year - it is precisely such productivity that is planned to be achieved by 2020. Today it is the largest turkey processing plant in Europe. The plant was built in a record time - one year and a half. Now it employs two thousand people. Full automation of production processes from acceptance to shipment, an intelligent quality control system and a packaging line, designed for the simultaneous execution of 37 operations,. Read more...

Pork production in Russia increased by 7.5 percent

  • 29 May 10:14

From January to April 2019 pig production for slaughter in live weight increased by 7.5% compared to the same period 2018, according to the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation. According to the Ministry of Agriculture, the total increase in the Russian pig sector for four months of this year is estimated at 96.4 thousand tons. The main share is accounted for Belgorod, Pskov, Voronezh,. Read more...

Beef price in Russia reached a record since the beginning of 2017

  • 29 May 10:13

In April 2019, the average price of beef in Russia, with the exception of boneless meat, amounted to 333 rubles per kilogram, reported SoyaNews information and analytical agency, citing data from the Unified Inter-Agency Statistical Information systems (EMISS). In April, the price of Russian beef increased by 0.3% compared with March of the current year and by 3.7% compared with April 2018. For four months since the beginning of 2019, beef price has risen by 1.3 percent. In January 2017, the minimum average price of beef was fixed for the last time: it was 315.02 rubles per kilogram. In April 2019, the price of beef reached a maximum - 333.62 rubles per kilogram. In April of. Read more...

The number of cattle and small ruminant cattle in Russia decreased

  • 28 May 09:25

From the beginning of January to the end of April 2019, the cattle numbers in Russian farms of all forms of ownership decreased by 0.9% compared to the first four months of 2018. As for May 1, the cattle numbers were 18.8 million heads, APK-Inform agency reports, citing Rosstat. In particular, the number of cows in the period from January 1 to May 1, 2019 decreased to 8 million heads (-0.3%), and the number of goats and sheep - to 24.5 million units (- 4.3%). In contrast to cattle and small ruminants, the number of pigs increased to 24.7. Read more...

Ministry of Agriculture will present a strategy for the development of sheep and goat breeding

  • 28 May 09:25

The Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation plans to present a strategy for the development of sheep and goat breeding in the coming years in September, First Deputy Head of the Ministry Dzhambulat Hatuov told reporters on Saturday at the XX All-Russian Exhibition of Breeding Sheep and Goats in Astrakhan. "Minister of Agriculture Dmitry Patrushev made a task to present a strategy for the development of sheep and goat breeding for the next few years <...> The priority of the strategy will be additional state support for breeding achievements, increasing production, including lamb meat and high-quality wool. We must do everything so that our. Read more...

Ipack Ima focuses on the future of packaging and processing

  • 27 May 10:29

New events have been added on the agenda of the Italian organisation to prepare a complete vision for IPACK-IMA 2021, to be held from 4 to 7 May 2021 at the Fiera Milano exhibition centre. Cutting-edge technologies, increasingly connected machines and the human factor; energy-saving solutions capable of efficiently packaging products with an original design and combining practicality, sustainability and low cost; new trends that are becoming established with the development of new distribution channels: these are just a few of the themes that will be explored during IPACK-IMA 2021, to be held from 4 to 7 May 2021 at the Fiera Milano exhibition centre in. Read more...

Growth of Russia’s Industry Accelerates in April: State Statistics

  • 27 May 10:27

Russia’s federal statistics agencyRosstatsaid on Thursday that industrial output grew 4.9% in April compared to the same month last year, news websiteZnakreported. The figure is an increase after 1.2% growth year-on-year in March, latest official data shows. The notable increase in industrial output comes as a surprise, as there was a consensus in expectations of economists surveyed by Reuters for a 1.5% growth. First-quarter GDP growth in Russia came inweaker than expectedslowing notably to 0.5% year-on-year in 1Q19, down from the strong 2.7% y/y seen in 4Q18 and 1.9% y/y in 1Q18. The latest data on the growth of Russian industry is likely to be. Read more...

Tyson Foods plans investment in Kazakhstan

  • 24 May 10:04

Tyson Foods plans to invest in the beef sector in Kazakhstan, according to sources from inside quoted by Reuters, as the ex-Soviet country represents a perfect hub for entering the Chinese market. An initial investment of $200 million will be directed to build a processing plant in Kazakhstan but this is just a part of a total investment plan of multibillion dollars. People with knowledge of the discussions mentioned that Tyson wants to reach a total production of beef of 5 million tonnes per year to capitalize on the Asian markets hit by the ASF outbreaks such as China, Vietnam, Cambodia. Experts are convinced that the pork prices in the Chinese market will. Read more...

Russia to export poultry meat to Namibia

  • 24 May 10:03

Rosselkhoznadzor has held talks with the Veterinary Bureau of the Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Forestry of the Republic of Namibia. From May 22 to 23, 2019, the Russian delegation chaired by the Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation - Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in the Far Eastern Federal District Yury Trutnev attended the eighth meeting of the Mixed Intergovernmental Russian-Namibian Commission for Trade and Economic Cooperation in Windhoek (Namibia) . The event was attended by representatives of the Rosselkhoznadzor. On the fields of the intergovernmental commission (IPC), Artem Daushev, adviser to the. Read more...

The first poultry farm of the Tomsk region sent poultry to China

  • 24 May 10:03

Interfax-Russia reports that Mezheninovskaya poultry farm (Tomsk region) sent the first batch of poultry by-products to China. Mezheninovskaya Poultry Factory is a subdivision of the Siberian Premier Agricultural Holding. The first batch of its products exported to China consists of 24 tons of frozen broiler legs. The territorial administration of the Rosselkhoznadzor agreed on the export of the first batch of products of Mezheninovskaya Poultry Factory LLC on 7 May after taking the necessary veterinary measures (vehicle inspection and verification of a veterinary sanitary certificate previously agreed with the General Administration of the. Read more...