World meat industry news

The Government of Crimea will develop a regional support program for livestock farming

  • 20 May 09:22

The leaders of large agricultural enterprises have come to the Government of Crimea with a proposal to include animal husbandry in the state support program that the regional ministry of agriculture is developing. Now the enterprises of the agro-industrial complex of the republic receive support from the federal budget of Russia - about 300 million rubles a year, which are allocated for these purposes. The Government of Crimea has suggested to add about 150 million rubles from the regional budget to these funds. The total amount of financing of the agro-industrial complex of Crimea in 2019 amounted to 2.2 billion rubles, but most of the funds are directed to the. Read more...

Russian pork and beef opens the Hong Kong market

  • 20 May 09:22

Rosselkhoznadzor received an official letter from the Hong Kong competent authority on food safety issues (Center for Food Safety, Food and Environmental Hygiene Department), containing a decision on the possibility of starting deliveries of pork, beef, and pork and beef by-products from Russia to Hong Kong. This was preceded by the perennial (over 4 years) work of the Rosselkhoznadzor with colleagues from Hong Kong, which included numerous negotiations, the preparation of extensive multipage materials on the veterinary surveillance system in Russia at all stages of animal production, the organization of inspection by representatives of the Hong Kong and competent. Read more...

Trump Ready for ‘a Lot of Trade’ with Russia after Putin Phone Call

  • 16 May 11:03

U.S. President Donald Trump has said that he shares Vladimir Putin’s desire to improve trade ties between Russia and the U.S., after a lengthy phone conversation with his Russian counterpart earlier this month,Reutersreports. “We intend to do a lot of trade with Russia,” Trump told reporters at the White House. “We do some right now. It’s up a little bit. But [Putin would] like to do trade and we’d like to do trade.” Trump said he’ll meet with China’s Xi Jinping and Russia’s Vladimir Putin at theGroup of 20 summitin Japan in June. Putin’s foreign affairs advisersaidthe Kremlin is prepared to agree to any. Read more...

Russian-Japanese negotiations on cooperation in agro-industrial sector were held in Tokyo

  • 16 May 11:00

Russian-Japanese negotiations on cooperation in agro-industrial sector were held in Tokyo. The next round of negotiations on cooperation in the agricultural sector was held at the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan, reports analytical agency Imit. The development of the Russian-Japanese dialogue was continued by the deputy ministers of the agrarian ministries - Sergey Levin and Khiromiti Matsushima. The meeting was attended by representatives of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation, the Russian embassy and the trade mission of Russia in Japan. The negotiation program included a discussion of bilateral access of. Read more...

Russia will supply meat to the Republic of Iraq

  • 16 May 10:56

The Ambassador of Iraq to the Russian Federation, Haidar Mansur Hadi, said that Moscow and Baghdad had reached an agreement on the supply of meat. The agreement on cooperation was adopted during the eighth meeting of the intergovernmental commission on trade, economic and scientific and technical cooperation, which was held in Baghdad. Negotiations between the governments of Russia and Iraq continued from April 23 to April 25, 2019. Their result was permission to organize the delivery of Russian products, including poultry, to the domestic market of. Read more...

Innovative service for meat industry professionals

  • 15 May 11:41

Meatinfo.ru, one of the largest platform on purchases and sales of meat products in Russia and the CIS, has launched a new free service for meat industry experts. On April 27, Meatinfo presented an unique service - a geodesk for meat industry specialists. The main idea of the service is to collect meat and meat product prices offered not only by the largest agricultural holdings in the country, but also by representatives of medium and small businesses. Prices for geodesk are provided by the users themselves - sales managers, traders, farmers, business owners and relevance of information is supported by a weekly update. Meatinfo geodesk is an excellent. Read more...

Newcastle disease is registered in Stavropol Territory

  • 15 May 11:15

Information about two new foci of Newcastle disease appeared yesterday on the regional site "Stavgorod". The disease was diagnosed in birds in the henhouse of two farms. One of them is located in the village of Tatarka of the Shpakovsky District, and the other is in the village of Podkumok of the Predgorny District of the Stavropol Territory. Infected birds were destroyed. In this and other farms quarantine has been introduced for a period of 30 days and all preventive measures are being taken. According to the data of the Veterinary Administration of the Stavropol Territory, in large poultry-farming enterprises birds with symptoms of Newcastle's disease. Read more...

The Ministry of Agriculture has determined the rules of livestock products import

  • 15 May 11:11

The Ministry of Agriculture of Russia has prepared amendments to the law On Veterinary Medicine. The draft law is associated with a ban on the import of livestock products by individuals from non-EAEU countries. The document is posted on the federal portal of draft legal acts - its discussion will last until June 3. According to RBC news agency, after the adoption of the amendments proposed by the ministry, the Rosselkhoznadzor receives the right to destroy part of the products seized from citizens at the border checkpoints. The bill establishes the allowable rate of imported cheeses and meat products from countries where no infectious diseases of farm animals are recorded:. Read more...

Belarus complains about meat trade with Russia

  • 15 May 10:44

In Q1, just 69,000 tonnes of meat products were shipped to Russia. "If the dynamics stay in place, the annual target will be missed", say official sources. The Russian Agriculture Ministry is invited on May 15 in Minsk to discuss trade issues with its Belarusian counterpart. "In January-March we shipped 69,000 tonnes of meat products. If the dynamics stay in place, the annual target will be missed as well. Restrictions of the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance of Russia (Rosselkhoznadzor) on our food export are having a negative effect on the ability to hit the specified figures", declared Aleksei Bogdanov, Head of the. Read more...

The government predicted a drop in vegetables, meat and milk prices

  • 14 May 11:13

Prices for vegetables, meat and dairy products will fall in August. According to the forecast of the Ministry of Economic Development, the fall in prices will not be prevented by the increase in the value-added tax (VAT) from 18 to 20%, which occurred at the beginning of this year. “Deflation is expected in August, although it will not exceed 0.1 percentage points,” said in the ministry. The ministry explained that the decline in prices for vegetables, milk and meat will be associated with the onset of the summer season. The Ministry of Agriculture expects a good harvest in 2019. According to preliminary forecasts, the gross harvest of vegetables will. Read more...