World meat industry news

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...

Oreshkin: No Danger of Recession in Russia This Year

  • 23 May 09:37

Russia’s economic development minister Maksim Oreshkin has said his ministry maintains its GDP growth outlook for 2019 at 1.3%,RBCreports. “So far yes,” he said when asked whether the ministry considers the GDP growth outlook for this year of 1.3% still relevant. “The data for the first quarter is preliminary and may change in both directions. We projected a weak dynamics (for Q1),” he said. Oreshkin’s statement comes after official data showed that GDP growthslowedfrom 2.7% year on year in 4Q18 to just 0.5% y/y in 1Q19. The result led some expertsto warn of a new economic crisisdeveloping in the country. Oreshkin added that he. Read more...

Meat production in Russia increased by 17% in 5 years

  • 23 May 09:31

According to the “Analysis of the meat industry in Russia” prepared by BusinesStat, in 2014-2018, meat production in the country increased by 17.3% and in 2018 amounted to 10.64 million tons. An increase in output was noted annually. The largest shares in the Russian meat production are poultry and pork. Note that in 2014-2018, these shares increased: poultry from 45.9% to 46.7%, pork from 32.8% to 34.9%. Over the same period, the share of beef in total meat production fell from 18.2% to 15.5%, and other meat from 3.1% to 2.9%. In 2014-2018, pork production grew at the highest rates in Russia: over 5 years, the increase was 24.9%, which was largely. Read more...

Pig breeding cluster to be opened in Voronezh region

  • 23 May 09:31

The construction of a meat processing plant is begun in the Voronezh region. The enterprise will become the main resident of the Pavlovsk priority socio-economic development territory and in essence will complete the creation of a pig breeding cluster in the region. Among the participants in the ceremony were Deputy Prime Minister Alexei Gordeyev and Governor Alexander Gusev. The event is very significant not only for the economy of the region, but also for the agricultural sector as a whole. Here, on German and Dutch equipment, soy will be processed into feed for piglets. Experts say that there are no analogues of this production line in the whole country. Last. Read more...