World meat industry news

First overseas representative office in Saudi Arabia

  • 30 Jul 13:40

Miratorg, Russia’s biggest beef producer, informs it opens company's first overseas representative office in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to expand its operations and meat supplies in the Middle East region. Miratorg owns the world biggest cattle herd of the Aberdeen Angus breed. The company produced over 80 thousand t. of high quality beef in 2017. The vertically-integrated holding is also among Russia's top-10 of poultry producers. Miratorg's processing plants are certified for export operations to Saudi Arabia and comply with all requirements and Halal standard. Launching of the representative office was approved by the Saudi Arabian. Read more...

Belarus increased its meat exports by 15% in January-May

  • 27 Jul 10:12

Belarusian exports of meat and meat products increased by nearly 15% from January to May this year compared to the first five months of 2017, according to a statement made by the Belarusian Minister of Agriculture and Food Igor Brylo. According to the Belarusian official, in the first five months of this year, the country has exported meat and dairy products amounting to $1.2 billion. Exports of dairy accounted for $800 million, while the meat exports reported a trade value of $400 million. Igor Brylo said that the meat exports in January-May increased by almost 15%, as reported by BelTA. In 2017, Belarus exported $3.1 billion worth of dairy and meat products, of which. Read more...

Belarus bans poultry imports from a region in Belgium

  • 26 Jul 10:48

Authorities from Belarus have announced the ban on poultry imports from the Flanders region, Belgium, after an outbreak of Newcastle disease, BelTA reports. The International Epizootic Bureau has said a case of the Newcastle disease in poultry has been detected in the East Flanders region. Temporary restrictions have been imposed on the import of live poultry, incubation and edible eggs, poultry meat, all types of poultry products and processed poultry products to Belgium from this region. The Ministry of Agriculture and Food in Belgium has announced it will take additional control measures to ensure the protection of large poultry farms in. Read more...

Genesus Global Market Report: Russia July 2018

  • 25 Jul 10:46

Current pig Price is 114 Roubles per kg $1.81 (with VAT) per kg live-weight. As has been the case for the past years pig production in Russia remains very profitable for the good an efficient farmers. New farms continue to be built and domestic production continues to decrease meaning a net increase in production. Of course there are old and inefficient farms that are losing money! Like everywhere else in the world, those farms that do not invest in up to date facilities and the very best genetics have high costs and go bankrupt. Russia is now exporting small amounts of pig product. It is hoped that this will increase significantly over the next years. Per. Read more...

Russia's poultry production up by 2.8% in H1 2018

  • 24 Jul 12:36

The poultry production in Russia has reached 3.26 million tonnes in all categories of farms in the first half of 2018, with an increase of 2.8% compared to year-earlier levels. The agricultural holdings produced 3.09 million tons of poultry, which is 3% more compared to the level reported in 2017, as reported by Agrovesti. Meanwhile, Russia's egg production in all categories of farms increased by 1.3% to 22.6 million units. In agricultural holdings, egg production increased by 2.3% to 18.1 million units. Of the agricultural holdings, the most significant growths in the first six months of 2018 were reported in the regions of Rostov, Tambov, Penza, Crimea. Read more...

Ukraine imported 9 times more pork in January-June

  • 24 Jul 12:35

Ukraine has imported 8.4 thousand tons of fresh, chilled and frozen pork in the first six months from 2018 compared to the corresponding period from 2017, when the country imported only 924 tons of pork, according to the GFD data analyzed by the Association of Pig Breeders of Ukraine. The value of the shipments of pork received between January and June this year by Ukraine amounts to nearly $15.4 million, as reported by UNN. The Ukrainian association said that Ukraine has also expanded its list of suppliers by including also Brazil. Furthermore, it said that the top three raw meat suppliers have remained the same. Pork shipments from Germany, the Netherlands and. Read more...

Russians ate 3 million KFC hot dogs made with sausages from Cherkizovo

  • 23 Jul 13:25

Since spring, KFC restaurants have sold more than 3 million hot dogs produced with chicken sausages from leading poultry producer Cherkizovo. According to the company, hot dogs with chicken sausages are a new product for KFC and a new direction in the HoReCa segment for Cherkizovo. Cherkizovo says that the sausages contain 90% chicken meat and they do not contain nitrite. The Cherkizovo Group is one of the largest suppliers of KFC. The restaurants have adopted high standards of quality and food safety and all its products must strictly comply with the requirements of the legislation of the Russian Federation. At the end of 2017, the Cherkizovo Group received. Read more...

Miratorg's beef production went up by 39% in H1 2018

  • 23 Jul 13:11

Miratorg's beef-producing subsidiary Bryansk Meat Company has increased its production by 39% in the first half of 2018 compared to the corresponding period of 2017, to 51.6 thousand tons. Miratorg has been implementing its long-term strategy for increasing the production of domestic high-quality beef. The company has been increasing both production volumes and extending the product line of its brand beef. Miratorg's beef portfolio exceeds 400 items, including chevapchichi, steaks, burger cutlets, shashlik, pickled meat for roasting and many other items. “The production has increased because of herd expansion and launch of new farms. Our products. Read more...

Miratorg’s pork production reached 206.6 thousand tons

  • 20 Jul 10:47

Leading Russian meat producer Miratorg has increased its pork production by 0.4% in the first half of 2018 compared to the similar period in 2017, up to 206.6 thousand tons. Miratorg’s pig-breeding division includes more than 80 sites in the Belgorod and Kursk region.The total number of pigs at the beginning of July 2018 was more than 2.2 million heads. Korocha, which is the largest factory for slaughter and processing in Russia, processed more than 1.65 million pigs and produced about 172 thousand tons of products in the first half of 2018. According to the company, this is an increase by 2.4% compared to the first six months from 2017. Meanwhile, the. Read more...

Russia temporarily bans meat and fish imports from Belarusian producers

  • 19 Jul 09:30

Russian agricultural watchdog Rosselkhoznadzor has introduced temporary restrictions on the import of meat and fish products to Russia from three Belarusian companies. "The Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Supervision reports that in connection with the re-identification of violations of veterinary and sanitary requirements of the Eurasian Economic Union and the Russian Federation, the Rosselkhoznadzor, from July 4, 2018, introduces temporary restrictions on the supply to the territory of the Russian Federation of products produced by enterprises of the Republic of Belarus," Rosselkhoznadzor's statement read. The targeted. Read more...