World meat industry news

Bashkir Meat Company will build pig complex for 3 billion rubles

  • 9 Apr 11:08

On April 4, “Investment Hour” was held in Ufa - a weekly meeting, which is held in the capital of the Republic of Bashkortostan since November 2018. The largest livestock project submitted for discussion was presented by the Bashkir Meat Company (GK TAVROS) - one of the largest pork producers in the Volga Federal District. The company is ready to start building a new pig complex with a capacity of 15 thousand tons of meat per year in the Belebeevsky district of Bashkiria. This production site will give the population of the area at least 135 jobs. The company is ready to invest 3 billion rubles in a new closed-cycle complex, said Rinat Zaynullin, first deputy. Read more...

Belarusian beef deliveries to Russia will continue

  • 9 Apr 11:07

Belarusian beef deliveries to Russia will continue, informed head of the Foreign Economic Activity Department of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food, Alexei Bogdanov, reports BelTA. Rosselkhoznadzor has imposed temporary restrictions on the import of beef on bones and cattle from countries that do not have the official status of the International Epizootic Bureau (OIE) on spongiform encephalopathy. “This prohibition applies not only to Belarus, but also to all countries that do not have the appropriate status. There is nothing wrong with that. There have never been any cases of spongiform encephalopathy in Belarus. But the OIE has rules that this fact must. Read more...

Trade Exhibition: Free From Plastics Packaging

  • 8 Apr 10:48

Free From Plastics Packaging (FFPP) is the only focused European Trade Fair on Plastics Free and Plastics Alternatives in packaging design covering Biodegradable, Compostable, Recycable, Paper, Carton, Milk, PLA and Food Waste Solutions. Visitors are Retailers/Supermarkets, Food Manufacturers, European Extruders, Co-Packers and Packaging Designers. Photo: FFPP The exhibition shows all plastic alternatives in food and non-food packaging, initiated by the industry, supported by leading packaging associations, all under one roof. In Southern Europe, entire Food businesses want to see and source better plastics solutions and alternatives in packaging design.. Read more...

Cherkizovo in talks to buy rival Prioskolie

  • 8 Apr 10:48

Cherkizovo, which declined to comment on the talks, has been trying to buy assets in Russia’s central region of Belgorod for some time. Russian poultry producer Cherkizovo Group is in talks to buy major local rival Prioskolie, two industry sources and an official in Belgorod, one of the country’s leading agricultural regions, told Reuters. A deal would cement Cherkizovo’s position as the largest producer of poultry meat in Russia. “The process (of talks) has been going on for a long time,” the official, who asked not to be identified, said. The sources did not disclose a value for the deal if it goes ahead. Cherkizovo, which declined. Read more...

A new turkey farm is being built in the Stavropol Territory

  • 5 Apr 08:43

The Agro-Plus company is building a second high-tech turkey fattening complex with a capacity of 4,100 tons of poultry meat per year in the Novoaleksandrovsky district of the Stavropol Territory. The first stage of the project in the village of Slavensky was launched at the beginning of November last year - this unit has already received 60 turkey heads. In 2019 it is planned to build a farm in the village of Krasnokubansky. The total investment in the project within two years will amount to 1.1 billion rubles. 35 new jobs will be. Read more...

Rosselkhoznadzor restricts the supply of Belarusian sausages

  • 5 Apr 08:42

The Rosselkhoznadzor imposes temporary restrictions on cheeses and sausages of two Belarusian enterprises due to the fungicidal and bacteriostatic drugs discovered in their products. The first enterprise in respect of which restrictive measures are being introduced is the Polessky production site of Milkavita. In the unitary enterprise “Brest traditions” (Gomel) sausage products. Read more...

Russian Exports to Azerbaijan up 12.5% in 2018

  • 4 Apr 09:48

Russian exports to Azerbaijan have increased by 12.5% in 2018, rising to $1.7 billion, while trade turnover between the countries climbed 13.8% to $2.4 billion, according to the files released by theRussian Export Center(REC). “Azerbaijan is a modern, fast-paced country. That attracts Russian companies to implement joint economic projects. Over 750 joint companies run operations on Azerbaijan’s market, of which around 300 have 100% Russian capital and more than 450 are in joint-venture format,” Director General of the Russian Export Center Andrey Slepnev told state-run news agencyTASS. He said that persistent efforts are made towards. Read more...

Miratorg increases production of high-quality beef in first quarter of 2019 by 40% up to 32 thousand tons

  • 4 Apr 09:47

Miratorg, the largest investor into Russia’s agricultural industry continues to ramp-up production of high-quality beef and increases production rate up to 32thousand tons in live weight, which is 40% higher in comparison with the same period of 2018. Photo:miratorg.ru Miratorg being the largest beef producer in Russia implements the strategy aimed at the increase of production of domestic high quality meat in the framework of vertically integrated business model “from field to fork”. The company’s assets include 97 farms in Bryansk, Kaluga, Oryol, Smolensk, Tula and Kaliningrad regions with more than 580 thousand heads of cattle, 2. Read more...

Only 2% of Russians consider themselves vegetarians

  • 4 Apr 09:40

In March, an independent agency Zoom Market conducted a federal sociological survey, asking respondents to answer three questions: “Do you eat meat?”, “Do you consider yourself to be a vegetarian?”, “Are there vegetarians among your acquaintances?". The survey was conducted in 34 cities of Russia, 4080 interviews were included in the total sample. As it turned out, most vegetarians live in St. Petersburg and Kaliningrad. They are followed by Moscow, Krasnodar, Rostov-on-Don, Astrakhan, Ivanovo and Kazan. The survey results showed that only 2% of survey participants consider themselves vegetarians. According to Andrei Shtyrov,. Read more...

Ministry of Agriculture expects an increase in agricultural production

  • 4 Apr 09:40

According to the estimates of the Ministry of Agriculture of Russia, this year the domestic livestock breeding will continue its progressive development - growth is predicted in all main segments of the sector. So, in 2019 the production of livestock and poultry for slaughter in live weight in farms of all categories will increase by 1.9% compared with the level of last year and will reach 15.15 million tons. Production of pigs will grow by 4%, cattle - by 1%, sheep and goats - by 1.5%, poultry - by 0.7%. A positive trend is observed in the production of milk and eggs. The increase in milk production is expected to reach 1.6% (to 31.1 million tons), egg production -. Read more...