World meat industry news

Russia to export dairy products and beef to Algeria

  • 3 Jun 13:56

According to the Rosselkhoznadzor, veterinary certificates for these products were "fundamentally agreed" during negotiations with representatives of the Algerian Veterinary Service, which took place during the 87th General Session of the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) in Paris Representatives of the Rosselkhoznadzor handed over two copies of signed veterinary certificates to their Algerian colleagues. Deliveries of dairy and meat products to Algeria can begin immediately after the Rosselkhoznadzor receives and places on its website the veterinary certificates signed by the Algerian side. Import of products is allowed only to those enterprises. Read more...

Russian domestic super breed for independence

  • 3 Jun 13:52

Over the past decades Russian poultry production suffered from a lack of domestic breeding material and had to rely on imports. Now the Russian government is considering banning imports of all breeding stock from the EU and US, prompting farmers in the country to switch to domestic crossbreeds. All hopes are riding on a new crossbreed known as Smena-8, informally called “Russian broiler superbreed”. Smena is the biggest and the most successful breeding farm in the Russian poultry industry. Located in Sergiev Posad 75 km north of Moscow, the farm has been selling hatching eggs to at least 50 companies in 38 Russian regions, plus to a few farms in Belarus and. Read more...

Low demand slowed meat production growth

  • 3 Jun 13:50

At the end of 2019, the growth rate of meat production in Russia may be the lowest in the last ten years. The reason is the saturation of the domestic market against the background of a decline in real incomes of the population. In order to maintain demand, manufacturers will have to lower prices, and this will affect the profitability of the business. Companies have high hopes for export to Asian countries, which is projected to increase by 40%. The growth rate of poultry meat and livestock production in 2019 may drop to its lowest level in the last ten years, according to a presentation by the Sovekon analytical center provided by Kommersant. According to. Read more...

Russia’s Business Ombudsman Says Investment Climate in Russia is Poor

  • 31 May 11:50

Russian presidential ombudsman for the business sector Boris Titov has presented his annual report to the President Vladimir Putin, delivering sharp criticism of the investment and entrepreneurship climate in the country,Vedomostireported on Tuesday. This year Russia’s investment community is in furore as the liberal fraction of the Kremlin, which actually runs the macroeconomic and reform processes, called on the president to intercede following thearrest of prominent U.S. investor Michael Calvey. The Calvey case has exacerbated persistent concerns with the business environment in Russia, for domestic and foreign businesses alike. According. Read more...

Cherkizovo: New production target

  • 31 May 11:42

Russian meat giant Cherkizovo has said it plans to produce 1.1 mill. t of meat in live weight in 2019, 19% up on the previous year.This way the company would become the first meat manufacturer in the post-Soviet era with a production performance exceeding one million t. Photo: Cherkizovo The main growth in production is expected in its broiler meat segment, where it planned to increase output from 626,000 t in 2018 to 769,000 t in 2019. This should be achievable, given Cherkizovo's recent acquisitions of Altai Broiler and Belaya Ptitsa Kursk. Cherkizovo purchased Altai Broiler for $80 mill. and Belaya Ptitsa Kursk for $100 mill., with both deals. Read more...

The number of Russians who save on food increased to 24%

  • 30 May 09:29

The number of Russians who save on food increased to 24% over the last year, according to sociologists of the Romir center. More than on food, the Russians save on travel (29%). Sociologists have concluded that the Russians have returned to austerity. Only 17% of respondents reported that they are not saving anything (in 2016 there were 11%, in 2017 - 18%, and in 2018 - 24%). The number of savings increased for all expenses. According to the study, most Russians save on: traveling - 29% (12% in 2018), food - 24% (17% in 2018), clothes and shoes - (9% in 2018), entertainment - 22% (6% in 2018), delicacies - 20% (12% in 2018), restaurants - 15%. Read more...

Russian exporters are interested in supplying mutton, rabbit and goat meat to Argentina

  • 30 May 09:28

On May 27 in Paris, within the framework of the 87th General Session of the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE), were held negotiations between the delegations of the Rosselkhoznadzor and the Veterinary Service of Argentina. During the meeting, veterinary certificates for the supply of Argentine livestock products and animals to the countries of the Eurasian Economic Union were discussed. We are talking about breeding cattle, breeding horses, gelatin and bull semen. At the same time, the Rosselkhoznadzor noted the interest of Russian exporters in the supply of livestock products (lamb, rabbit meat, goat meat, wild meat and honey) to the Argentine. Read more...

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...