World meat industry news

Global poultry markets: It’s smart to be different

  • 20 Jun 10:18

Predictions by Rabobank show that the market for slow growing broiler concepts will grow by 8% now up to 20% by 2025. During the 3rdHubbard premium forum in Barcelona I was asked to shed a light on the economics behind broiler production and alternative broiler segments. The bottom line is that it is smart to be different, to move away from the bulk market. At least when you are a producer in Europe, because our continent is really different from the rest of the world. EU: the most expensive production location Recently I worked on an extensive dataset, comparing production costs of all main poultry producing countries around the world. And there is only one. Read more...

Mongolia has started the inspection of Russian poultry enterprises

  • 19 Jun 11:06

On June 17, the first meeting of representatives of the Rosselkhoznadzor and the General Directorate of the Specialized Inspectorate of Mongolia took place in Moscow. The talks became the first item of the program for Mongolian specialists who came to Russia to inspect poultry farms. As part of its mission, the delegation will evaluate the work of four companies in the Stavropol Territory and the Tambov Region, interested in exporting their products to Mongolia. The General Directorate of Specialized Inspectorate reported that Mongolia is currently purchasing poultry meat in Southeast Asia, Turkey, Brazil and the USA. However, due to the geographical features. Read more...

China wants to buy chicken paws in Russia

  • 19 Jun 11:02

China wants to buy chicken paws on an industrial scale in Russia. The director of electronic commerce development (REC) Alexey Murzenk told about this to Izvestia. "We receive requests from Chinese companies, and China really needs chicken paws, frozen, without bruises, and they want to buy large volumes," he stressed. On the other hand, in Russia there are no such factories that can produce so much raw. Read more...

Cherkizovo wants to expand its turkey operation in Tambov

  • 18 Jun 08:19

The second stage might include building several more nursery and finisher sites in the region. Cherkizovo Gropu is considering an expansion of its turkey facility in Tambov and asked the local government to support this plan by investing in transport infrastructure in the region. "In view of this trend, the Company may consider implementing the second stage of Tambov Turkey and hopes that the region's government will support the project to ramp up its capacities by 50% and effectively achieve a 29,000 tonnes increase in live-weight turkey output. The second stage might include building several more nursery and finisher sites in the. Read more...

Putin: Russia Calls for Abandonment of World Trade Wars

  • 18 Jun 08:17

World trade needs to restore trust between countries, it is necessary to find a way out of the situation with trade wars and “fights without rules” in international affairs. This was stated by Russian President Vladimir Putin, speaking at the summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA),TASSreported. “In the world, real trade wars flare up, unfortunately, there are actually fighting without rules with intimidation and elimination of competitors by non-market methods. And now, more than ever, our collective efforts are needed to find a way out of this situation,” Putin said. According to him, it is. Read more...

Inflation Slows Slightly in May to 5.1%: Bank of Russia

  • 18 Jun 08:16

The Russian Central Bank said on Monday that Inflation in the country in May slowed 0.1 percentage points (pp) compared with April and amounted to 5.1% in annual terms, Delovoi Peterburgreports. The slowdown was due to a decline in the growth rate of non-food product prices, primarily due to the high base effect on the motor fuel market, the regulator said. At the same time, the monthly growth of consumer prices net of seasonal factors in May accelerated by 0.1 percentage points to 0.4%, due to an increase of the rate of rise in food prices. The growth rates of prices for services decreased, non-food products remained at the lowest level since August last. Read more...

Norway to invest in a pig farm in the Urals

  • 17 Jun 10:24

Acting Governor of the Kurgan Region, Vadim Shumkov, held preliminary talks with the leadership of the Norwegian group of companies RBPI on the possibility of creating a livestock breeding complex in the region. The meeting took place at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. According to Mr. Shumkov, the prospects are still difficult to assess, but in the Kurgan region there are labor and land resources necessary for quality cooperation. “The most important thing is that this company is interested and that we are interested too. This gives the potential for the Kurgan region - several hundred high-paying jobs with a specificity that we understand -. Read more...

Feed prices gained record

  • 17 Jun 10:23

The average producer price of compound feed in Russia increased by 24% over the last year and in April was at the level of 17.8 thousand rubles / ton, reports Rosstat. For the first four months of the 2019th feed price went up by 8%. The most significant change was observed in the Central Federal District, where mixed feed price increased by 26.5% to 18 thousand rubles / ton, in the Volga region the growth was 25%, in the Urals - 24.5%. In particular, poultry feed prices in April rose by another 0.7% and reached a record level of 19.2 thousand rubles / ton. Compared with April 2018, growth is estimated at 22%. The average price of feed for pigs in annual terms increased by. Read more...

Miratorg to launch lamb production in Tula region in October

  • 14 Jun 10:00

In October, Miratorg will launch the first industrial production site for lamb meat in the Tula Region. “Now the installation of metal structures for the first farm has begun. The planned launch date of the first sheep-breeding site is October 2019, ”said Alexey Dyumin, head of the region, to TASS at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. The launch of the second sheep farm is scheduled for 2020. The total cost of the two complexes will be 6 billion rubles, Dyumin specified. The investment agreement between the Tula region and Miratorg was concluded in October 2018. Then it was reported that two closed-type sheep-breeding complexes would be. Read more...

Vladimir Putin: Russia and China can create an agricultural holding for 10 billion rubles

  • 14 Jun 09:59

Following the talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin mentioned, that Russia and China can create an agro-holding for 10 billion rubles, The DairyNews writes, citing Interfax information. "Good prospects are opening up in the field of agro-industrial production. The possibility of creating a Russian-Chinese agricultural holding in Primorsky Krai with a volume of investment of 10 billion rubles is. Read more...