World meat industry news

Genesus Global Market Report: France, May 2018

  • 3 May 11:10

Beginning of April 2018 price for a piglet was €25.44 compared to €36.91 same period last year. The average price for a 25 kg feeder pig was €1.64 per kg compared to €2.32 same period last year (that is €17 cheaper than 1 year ago). by Philippe Mallétroit, Director France, Genesus Inc. We also find these low prices for finisher pigs, where the average for the month of April 2018 is €1.190 per kg. When we compare the average price for April over the last 10 years, we can see that it is positioned around €1.306. The 2018 cumulative average is today at €1.174 With the arrival of the nice weather, good for. Read more...

Cherkizovo postpones share sale

  • 28 Apr 08:28

Russian meat producer Cherkizovo has recently announced that it will postpone the sale of its shares on the Moscow Stock Exchange due to high volatility in the securities market, according to the company's press release. The company wants to increase the liquidity of its shares by placing them on the Moscow Stock Exchange. According to its statement, the company will continue to closely monitor the development of the situation in the capital markets. "Feedback from the market to date has been positive and confirms interest from the investors," Sergei Mikhailov, CEO of Cherkizovo, said. "However, the current market conditions can significantly. Read more...

Meat substitutes market to grow by $1.5 billion in the next 4 years

  • 26 Apr 11:28

At this point, the global market value is estimated to stand at $4.3 billion but the trend of replacing meat with different substitutes is present all over the world. A recent market report issued by Visiongain sets a value of $4.3 billion for the global market of meat substitutes but the figure is expected to grow at $5.8 billion in the next 4 years, at a CAGR of 7.7%. “Meat substitutes are a part of the wider free-from trend, which is driven by increasing concerns about meta-consumption, and the health & wellness trend. The growing global population is also a significant driver of the market. The UN projections show that by 2050, the global population. Read more...

Miratorg produced 27.5 thousand tons of poultry meat in Q1 2018

  • 20 Apr 08:32

Bryansky Broiler, ABH Miratorg's poultry subsidiary, produced over 27.5 thousand tons of poultry meat since the beginning of 2018, a stable production compared to the first quarter of 2017. Miratorg is one of the ten largest poultry producers in Russia. The company invested over 25 billion rubles in the building its vertically integrated production "from the farm to fork." Its production chain includes a feed mill with a capacity of 360,000 tons of feed per year, an incubator with a capacity of 86 million eggs, 19 poultry sites and a meat processing plant. Bryansky Broiler has a number of over 6.5 million birds and exports its products to. Read more...

MHP reports increase in poultry production in the first quarter of 2018

  • 19 Apr 10:22

MHP, the leading poultry producer from Ukraine, has announced its pre-close trading update for the first three months that ended on 31 March. MHP's production of chicken meat increased by 7% in the first quarter of 2018, reaching 152,167 tons from 141,874 tons in the first three months of 2017. The rise is based on a decreased percent of flock thinning and increased production of bigger broiler carcasses. MHP's chicken meat sales to third parties rose by 9% in Q1 2018, up to 135,307 tons from 123,931 tonnes in Q1 2017. On the other hand, domestic sales volumes decreased by 4% year-on-year. Furthermore, the company's exports of chicken meat increased. Read more...

Russia bans pork imports from Belarus due to ASF fears

  • 19 Apr 10:21

The Russian agricultural watchdog Rosselkhoznadzor has imposed a temporary ban on imports of live pigs and pork from Belarus after the detection of African Swine Fever virus (ASF) in products. Rosselkhoznadzor said it was forced to introduce restrictive measures for Belarusian imports after the FGBU's "Bryansk Interregional Veterinary Laboratory" and the Federal Center for Animal Health found the genome of the ASF virus in the samples of finished meat products belonging to the Belarusian enterprise "Gomel meat-packing plant" (Republic of Belarus, Gomel, Ilyich str., 2) and in sausages "Krakovskie" and sausage. Read more...

Delegation travels to Moscow for discussions

  • 18 Apr 10:16

Led by The Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies (Iamo) Director Professor Thomas Glauben, a delegation travelled to Moscow, Russian Federation, for co-operation negotiations. There the Iamo researchers held bilateral discussions with respected research institutes and organizations regarding the opportunities for research and further development of the agricultural sector in Europe and Asia. Alongside the presentation of ongoing research projects of the institute, the participants in the co-operation negotiations discussed what specific measures can be taken to improve interaction between representatives from the fields of. Read more...

Q1 2018: Pig world, fasten your seatbelts

  • 17 Apr 09:32

There might be rough times ahead in terms of global pig prices, according to pig market expert Dr John Strak. In his quarterly review of the world pig market, he warns for a bumpy ride ahead. This is my third attempt at bringing you an overview of what is happening in global pig and pork markets. I began writing forPig Progressabout the ‘global scene’last Septemberand followed upin January this yearwith a review of 2017 and a look ahead to 2018. In both of my previous pieces I was bearish about pig prices and, at best, suggesting that caution should be the theme of businesses involved in any aspect of pig production. With hindsight and (more importantly) fresh. Read more...

Russian pig business annoyed by environmental bill

  • 17 Apr 09:30

Major organisations in Russia’s swine business have responded strongly against a new environmental bill. This bill, once adopted, would force many swine farmers and slaughterhouses to invest strongly to renovate their operations. According to the newest ecological standards, that are likely to come into force in January 2019, 78% pig farms and all pig slaughterhouses in Russia shall be seen as industrial facilities with the highest level of danger to the environment. Best available technologies The government regulations determining the technical parameters are yet to be adopted. Yet it is widely believed that this will mean that all these pig farmers will. Read more...