World meat industry news

Chicken prices are 8% higher than last year

  • 18 Jul 10:00

In the second quarter of 2019, the average selling price for turkeymeat has increased by 22% compared to the same period last year, according to a report on the operating results of the Cherkizovo group. In June, the average price decreased by 2.6% compared to May to 160.26 rubles / kg, but this is 17% higher than in June 2018. In January 2019, the average price of turkey meat exceeded 180 rubles / kg. According to the company, the price increase occurred "due to the expansion of the offer of products under the Pava-Pava brand and high demand for turkey products." The production of Tambov Turkey (a joint project with the Spanish Grupo Fuertes) decreased compared. Read more...

Rosselkhoznadzor sent specialists to China to address issues in the export of poultry meat

  • 18 Jul 09:59

Rosselkhoznadzor sent a delegation to Beijing to resolve issues arising from the supply of Russian poultry meat to China. As the press secretary of the service, Yulia Melano, said, the Chinese side had questions about the passage of Russian products through customs in the port of Shanghai. "They are associated with the registration of veterinary certificates," she explained. "Our specialists were promptly sent to Beijing to resolve them, and negotiations with the main state customs administration of China will take place on Tuesday," she said. As Melano noted, the Russian Federation is just starting deliveries of poultry meat to. Read more...

Miratorg produces over 58,000 tons of high-quality poultry meat in 1st half of 2019

  • 18 Jul 09:53

Bryansk, July 9 – ABH Miratorg, the largest investor into the Russia’s agricultural section, reports on producing over 58 thousand tons of high-quality poultry products in the 1sthalf of 2019, which is 9% more than the figure for the same period of 2018. Miratorg ranks among Top-10 Russian biggest poultry producers. The Company invested over 26 billion roubles in the vertically integrated production of full cycle: from grain growing for concentrated feed production to deep processing. The production chain includes a feed mill plant, poultry farms, an incubatory and an automated slaughtering and deep processing plant. The total number of poultry exceeds 7. Read more...

Miratorg increases production of frozen semi-finished products and meals by 25% to 29 thousand tons in the first half of 2019

  • 17 Jul 10:13

ABH Miratorg, the leading producer of frozen semi-finished products and ready meals, reported that it has increased production of meals in the first half of the 2019 by 25%-up to 29 thousand tons in comparison with the same period in 2018. Performance indicators increasing resulted from growing demand for high-quality meat products from corporate customers on the retail market. Miratorg has built high-tech meat-processing plant in Kaliningrad region and aims to scale up the capacity by launching new production lines. The plant manufactures products under own trademarks and for HoReCa segment, including international restaurants networks. The plant is certified. Read more...

Experts called the food prices rise one of the outcomes of five years of embargo

  • 17 Jul 10:11

One of the results of the food embargo imposed in Russia in August 2014 was the rise in food prices. This is stated in a study that analysts from consulting company KPMG conducted for RBC. Experts note that over five years, prices have risen both for products that have been banned from importing, and for those that were previously produced in Russia. Most of all butter (by 79%), frozen fish (68%) and cabbage (62%) have risen in price. Wheat flour (by 25%), pasta (34%) and sunflower oil (35%), which were previously mainly produced in Russia, significantly increased in price. The reason for the price rise was the dependence of Russian producers on imports,. Read more...

Ministry of Agriculture developed a bill on eco-products

  • 17 Jul 10:10

The Ministry of Agriculture of Russia has developed a draft law on ecologically clean agricultural products, raw materials and food. This is stated in the message of the Ministry. The bill was prepared as part of the process of creating a brand of "green" products in Russia on behalf of the President of the Russian Federation. “Its adoption will allow to form a system of legal regulation of the eco-product market that is new for Russia. The draft law is aimed at regulating the production, storage, transportation, labeling and sale of such products,” the Ministry of Agriculture noted. The norms of the bill do not apply to perfumery, cosmetic,. Read more...

Miratorg increases high-quality beef production in 1st half of 2019 by 34% - up to 69,000 tons

  • 16 Jul 10:17

Bryansk, July 3 – ABH Miratorg, the largest investor into the Russia’s agricultural section, continues to increase the production of high-quality beef; the Company has already increased its production in first half of 2019 up to 69 thousand tons in live weight – that is 34% more that the figure for the same period of 2018. The increase in production is based on growth of livestock and launch of new livestock farms. Miratorg implements a long-term strategy for increasing the production of domestic high-quality meat. It has built from scratch the Europe’s largest vertically-integrated “from field to fork” production; the total population. Read more...

Over 27 tons of beef will be returned from Vladivostok to Argentina

  • 16 Jul 10:16

Officials of the Rosselkhoznadzor Department for the Primorsky Territory and the Sakhalin Oblast revealed a violation of the Unified Veterinary and Sanitary Requirements in a large batch of frozen beef from Argentina. More than 27 tons of beef will be returned to Argentina. When conducting documentary and physical control of supervised products (frozen beef (quarters) with a total weight of 27,073 kg) at the temporary storage warehouse in Vladivostok, state inspectors of the Territorial Department of the Rosselkhoznadzor found that production dates on the labels of the boxes do not correspond to the dates specified in the veterinary certificate . This is a violation. Read more...

The average store check for Russians in June increased to 556 rubles

  • 16 Jul 10:15

The average check of a resident of Russia for one trip to the store in June 2019 increased by 3 rubles compared to May, or by 0.5%, and amounted to 556 rubles, according to a study by the Romir holding, reports RIA Novosti. "As well as the volume of total daily expenses, the average check in the second quarter remained fairly stable. May check decreased by 0.7% compared to April, while the June check increased by 0.5% compared to May. Thus , according to the results of the first summer month, the size of the average check was 556 rubles with the May indicator of 553 rubles and the April one - 557 rubles, ”the study says. Compared with June last year, the. Read more...

Belarus and Pakistan want to increase trade in agricultural products

  • 15 Jul 10:27

Belarusian producers will soon be able to export canned poultry, beef, and offal in the Asian country. Pakistan and Belarus want to increase trade in agricultural products, with a special interest of the Belarusian side in opening the Pakistani market for canned poultry, beef, and offal. The subject was on the agenda of a meeting between Pakistan Minister of National Food Security & Research Sahibzada Muhammad Mehboob Sultan and Belarusian Ambassador to Pakistan Andrei Yermolovich, according toBeltanews agency. "The parties agreed to provide mutual assistance in finding trading partners who would like to supply agricultural products to the markets. Read more...