World meat industry news

Miratorg launches Russia’s largest farm to raise Wagyu cattle in Kaluga region

  • 17 Dec 09:34

Miratorg, Russia’s major beef producer, launches the country’s largest farm for raising Japan breed Wagyu cattle. The farm in Kaluga region will produce over 2,000 bulls per year. Miratorg has invested over 92 billion roubles to develop from scratch the largest in Europe vertically integrated production of high-quality beef “from field to fork”. Wagyu cattle is well-known for its extremely high level of marbling what makes it a highly sought after product on the global markets. Miratorg is focused on increasing production of its premium and eco-friendly beef to sell abroad. The total investments into Uteshevo farm with a total parent herd of. Read more...

"Eurodon" launched the third site commercial herd

  • 14 Dec 09:39

On December 5 Eurodon Group began a planned landing of a commercial herd. More than 200 thousand turkeys of new livestock are expected to grow on the site in the October region of the Rostov region. According to the managing director of EurodonIlya Bobrovsky, a commercial herd is planted at the third site. Until the end of 2018, there are plans to launch another site, and in February 2019 - to begin loading the meat processing site. The total number of commercial flocks is now 488 thousand heads, parent flocks - 76 thousand, in the incubator. Read more...

Russia achieves 91% self - sufficiency ratio in pork

  • 13 Dec 09:35

Even if the ban imposed on European food is lifted it will be followed by low imports of pork products from the West. The most recent EU agricultural outlook talks about the perspective on resuming food trade with Russia. Nevertheless, after 4 years of trade war between Russian and the West, the East European country doesn't seem to have much need of some products from the Western markets, especially pork. At this time, Russia’s self - sufficiency ratio has already risen from 79 % in 2013 to 91 % in 2018. Moreover, since December 2017, Russia has also banned imports of Brazilian pork over concerns that its meat contained the growth promoter ractopamine.. Read more...

The only commercial pig farm was closed in Karelia

  • 13 Dec 09:33

Pig farm "Kondopoga" in the Kondopozhsky district of Karelia was closed due to bankruptcy. 100 people were left without work. The company is a member of AKS-Holding LLC. The pig farm was opened in 2011. The parent flock was brought from France. Now all pigs are sold and there is not a single large livestock enterprise specializing in meat. Read more...

The share of foreign investment in Ukrainian livestock farming reaches 30%

  • 12 Dec 09:21

The sector accounts for 11% in the general structure of capital investments in agriculture, forestry, and fishery. Last year, Ukrainian livestock farming sector benefited from a foreign investment share of 30%, informs the press service of the National Scientific Centre "Institute of Agrarian Economics" in Kyiv. "In 2017, the share of foreign investment in Ukrainian livestock farming was 30 percent. At the same time, the share of foreign investors in the structure of capital investments was only 0.3%,", stated the press release, according to Black Sea Grain website. At the same time, the share of livestock farming in the general structure. Read more...

Moscow Region authorities are launching online sales of farm products

  • 12 Dec 09:19

On December 13 Moscow Region authorities will launch a digital platform for the sale of local farmers' products. This is reported on the website of the regional Ministry of Agriculture and Food. Earlier, the head of the department Andrei Razin said that special attention is being paid to digitization in the Moscow Region and that it is being actively implemented at agro-industrial enterprises, reports Meat Expert. Small and large manufacturers without intermediaries and markups will be able to provide their products, and suppliers can. Read more...

Miratorg supports expansion of environmental monitoring

  • 11 Dec 10:11

The meat producer hosts an independent inspection of its pigfarms by ecological NGO Ecopatrol. Photo: Miratorg Miratorg, a major meat producer in Russia, hosts an independent inspection of its pigfarms by ecological NGO Ecopatrol to support expansion of independent environmental monitoring in the Kursk Region. Miratorg strictly complies with environmental legislation and introduces advanced technologies that minimize its ecological footprint. The company adheresto the policy of full transparency and cooperation with both authorities and independent activists to reach its goal of being-ecofriendly. The kick-off meeting of Ecopatrol was held end of. Read more...

The cheapest chicken in the country is sold in Moscow

  • 11 Dec 10:10

The fiscal data operator Taxcom has compiled a rating of Russian cities with the lowest average price for a chicken. The basis was information from cash checks for October 2017 - November 2018, reports Meat Expert. Moscow appeared to be a leader in that rating: here a kilogram of white meat costs about 205 rubles (the average for Russia is 280 rubles). Thigh and wings in the capital of Russian Federation are offered for 170-200 rubles. 84% of the Russian chicken market is occupied by unknown companies. Petelinka is leading among brands with a 5% market share. The brands “Blagoyar”, “Troyekurovo” and “Lovela” - have 3%,. Read more...

The availability of pork is almost 100%, the poultry is expected to roll back

  • 10 Dec 11:16

In 2018, Russian meat production continued to increase. By the end of 2018 the increase may be 3-3.5%, or up to 350 thousand tons in slaughter weight. In the first nine months of 2018, the total meat production increased by 4.6% compared to the same period last year. Growth was also observed in poultry (+ 1.4%), in pork (+ 9.9%), and in beef (+ 6.9%), said Anna Kudryakova, leading expert of the Institute for Agricultural Market Studies (ICAR). According to the Director General of the National Union of Pig Producers (NSS) Yuri Kovalev, in the outgoing year the output of all types of meat will add 3-3.5%, or 350 thousand tons in slaughter weight. About 10.6 million tons. Read more...

Cherkizovo completes acquisition of Siberian poultry producer

  • 7 Dec 10:04

The Russian company intends to use Altaisky Broiler as the foundation for its distribution system in the Siberian Federal District. Cherkizovo announced that the acquisition of Altaisky Broiler plant from Prioskolie holding company has been completed. The deal, negotiated since mid-summer, amounted to RUB 4.5 billion ($67.3 million) and Cherkizovo Group intends to use the Siberian poultry producer as the foundation for its distribution system in the Siberian Federal District. Altaisky Broiler is one of the leading players in the Siberian poultry market with an annual output of 67 thousand tonnes (live weight) of poultry products (58 thousand tonnes of. Read more...