World meat industry news

Astrakhan lamb gains popularity in Iran

  • 23 Apr 11:39

In the Astrakhan region, the third slaughter house is being prepared for certification. Its launch will open the possibility for local sheep farms of exporting lamb to Iran. For the time being, the primary processing unit remains a free market niche. The Islamic Republic is already buying lamb in the Astrakhan region, and demand is growing. The practice of certified enterprises shows that the importing country carefully checks the entire production chain. With the start of deliveries, the activities of each exporter are controlled by a veterinarian from Iran. To get access to export, you need to leave a request on the official website of the Rosselkhoznadzor. After 10. Read more...

Livestock and poultry inventory decreased by 0.9 percent

  • 23 Apr 11:38

Up to April 1, 2019, the cattle numbers in Russia were 18.6 million heads, which is 0.9% lower than last year, reports the federal statistics service. According to Rosstat, the number of cows in farms of all forms of ownership decreased by 0.3% (to 8 million heads), the number of sheep and goats - by 4.7% (to 23.6 million heads), the number of poultry - by 0.9% (to 558.9 million heads). At the same time, the number of pigs increased by 3.4%, and reached 24.6 million heads by. Read more...

Miratorg increases feed production by 6.8% to 397 thousand tons in Q1 2019

  • 23 Apr 10:35

Belgorod, April 15 - ABH Miratorg, Russia’s major meat producer, reports that in the first three months of 2019, the company's feed mills produced around 397 thousand tons of feed, which is 6.8% higher than the same period last year. Miratorg is Russia's largest vertically integrated agribusiness holding. Operating own modern feed mills with total capacity of 1.66 million tons of feed per year allows the company to fulfill the needs of the company's livestock and poultry divisions for high-quality feed by 100%, and provides the possibility to control the cost of meat ensuring the safety of the final product. The feed mills of Miratorg, located in. Read more...

Cherkizovo increases sales of pork and chicken meat

  • 23 Apr 10:34

The first quarter operating results show higher volumes for pork and chicken and increased value for turkey products.In the first three months of this year, Cherkizovo increased the volume of sales for pork and chicken meat and added value to most of its turkey products, according to a press release from the company. In the pork sector, production and sales increased by 18% and 20% respectively, compared to the first quarter of 2018. Prices gained 9% compared to 1Q18 supported by overall protein demand. A similar situation is for the chicken, with 151,600 tonnes of meat delivered in the market in the first three months of the year, up by 10% compared to. Read more...

China-Russia Trade up Almost 10% in First Quarter of 2019

  • 22 Apr 10:50

Trade between China and Russia reached 164.8 billion yuan (24.2 billion U.S. dollars) in the first quarter of this year, up 9.8 percent compared with the same period last year, China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) has said, according toXinhua. Luo Weidong, director of Eurasian Affairs Department of the MOFCOM, said at the China Tianjin International Fair for Investment and Trade (CIFIT) that the country expects bilateral trade between the two countries to keep momentum in 2019. Trade between China and Russia surged in 2018, reaching $107.06 billion, a 27.1 year-on-year increase, according to MOFCOM. Chinese investment in Russia has expanded. Read more...

Miratorg opens an innovation genomic center

  • 22 Apr 10:49

ABH Miratorg, Russia’s leading meat producer, announces opening of the Genomic Selection Center in Domodedovo of Moscow region. The Minister of Agriculture of Russia Dmitry Patrushev took part in the official ceremony of opening. The operating budget of the Center is 4.4 billion roubles including 112 million roubles for unique automated laboratory equipment. The Center is the resident of Skolkovo Innovation Center and ranks among Top 5 global genetic veterinary laboratories. The most difficult tasks of livestock genomic evaluation and genotyping will be performed in the Center. Over 400,000 DNA tests per year and genotyping of biological samples of various. Read more...

Cherkizovo aims for 1.1 million tonnes in meat production

  • 22 Apr 10:46

The target set for 2019 will come with the achievement of being the first Russian company to exceed 1 million tonnes threshold in meat production capacity. Cherkizovo was named the top Russian meat producer for the third consecutive year thanks to a total production of 702,000 tonnes of slaughter weight in 2018, up with 47,000 tonnes from the volume reported in 2017. "This year, Cherkizovo Group is planning to step up meat production to 1,1 million tonnes (live weight excluding meat products), thus becoming the first Russian company to exceed 1 million tonnes threshold in meat production capacity," announced the company in a press release. The Group continued. Read more...

Russian wheat prices stable

  • 22 Apr 10:44

Russian wheat export prices were stable last week as the rouble strengthened, which was supported by higher oil prices and seasonally limited supply, analysts said on Monday. Wheat of the Russian origin lost another important purchase tender by Egypt's state grain buyer GASC last week as it was more expensive than Romanian and Ukrainian wheat. Egypt has been the largest buyer of Russian wheat in recent years. Black Sea prices for Russian wheat with 12.5 percent protein content for delivery in April were $225 per tonne on a free on board (FOB) basis at the end of last week, unchanged from a week earlier, Russian agricultural consultancyIKARsaid.. Read more...

Genetic identification of cattle has been introduced in Tatarstan.

  • 21 Apr 19:10

The Interregional Veterinary Laboratory of Republic of Tatarstan has introduced new genetic identification method. The Tatar-inform agency reports that genotyping is performed on the basis of highly accurate analysis of microsatellite markers of nuclear DNA. A new technique is needed to plan the livestock herd pattern and identify the individuals that make up its breeding base. Sergei Tyulkin, Head of the Department of Genetic Molecular Diagnostics of the Tatar Interregional Veterinary Laboratory, explained that genetic identification is performed primarily to identify and evaluate individual genetic characteristics of breeding animals. On the basis of. Read more...

Ministry of Agriculture expects lamb export to double by 2024

  • 21 Apr 19:09

Mutton exports in 2018 increased by 26.7 times compared with 2012, and by 2024 it will more than double, said Danila Makarov, head of the department for livestock and breeding of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation. “In 2018, the export of mutton increased by 26.7 times and amounted 12.3 thousand tons. According to the forecast, the export of mutton will more than double by 2024” said Makarov. According to him, there is a stable positive dynamics in the production of livestock and poultry in Russia. In the past six years the production of livestock and poultry for slaughter in live weight increased by 28.3% or 3.3 million tons compared. Read more...