World meat industry news

Global swine feed production up 6% - Russia is a main driver of growth

  • 31 Jan 09:10

Overall global feed production for the swine business grew by 6% in 2017. That was one of the conclusions that can be found in this year’sAlltechGlobal Feed Survey, released late last week. In this annual survey, the animal health nutrition company aims to summarise and estimate the trends in global feed production of the year gone by. The 7thedition of the annual survey now covers 144 countries and more than 30,000 feed mills. According to the survey, feed production for the swine business grew fastest in Asia-Pacific, followed by Africa and Europe, seeTable 1. China and Russia key players on pig feed market The survey stated: “Global. Read more...

Morocco Gives Green Light to Russian Beef Imports

  • 31 Jan 09:06

The Russian Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance announced on Saturday that Moroccan authorities have approved the import of Russia’s beef products. According toMorocco World News, an official statement read: "The Kingdom of Morocco will open its market to Russian beef and beef products, which will help increase the volume of trade between the two countries." The approval came after a Moroccan delegation of the National Office for the Sanitary Safety of Food Products (ONSSA) visited Russian meat companies "to ensure compliance with veterinary and sanitary standards in Morocco." "The volume of bilateral trade should. Read more...

RusAgro to expand meat production in Russia’s Far East with poultry division

  • 30 Jan 10:25

RusAgro will invest RUB12 billion (US$220m) in poultry production in Primorsk Krai, in Russia’s Far East region, according to the. Read more...

Russia to strengthen foothold in organic meat market

  • 30 Jan 10:24

Russia could take its share of the global organic market, including meat, from 10% to 25%, according to Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, following adoption of. Read more...

Russia plans to increase beef exports from Latin America

  • 26 Jan 10:29

The Russian government plans to significantly increase beef exports from Latin America (except Brazil) to compensate for potential domestic supply shortages created by the existing ban on meat imports from Western countries and a recent. Read more...

Preparing for the next flu season

  • 25 Jan 11:03

With the knowledge that it is always flu season somewhere, the large poultry production regions in the western hemisphere are preparing for the next flu season. Or at least should be. Migration season well underway As there are more and more warning signs. European poultry farmers will have to be on their guard against a range of different strains of bird flu over the next few months as the autumn migratory season is well underway. They will have to watch out for H5N8 High Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI), which has continued to persist in the environment, most notably in poultry in northern Italy and in wild birds in Italy, Switzerland, Britain. Read more...

Boar meat tested in 4 European countries

  • 25 Jan 11:02

Researchers tested out the acceptance amongst consumers of burger-style meat products derived from boar meat in 4 different countries in the European Union (EU). The researchers hailed altogether from 7 different countries in Europe and spoke of ‘patties’ in their research, which is presented inMeat Sciencein early 2018. Consumers in 4 countries testing boar patties The researchers approached consumers in Denmark, France, Italy and Poland, where a total of 476 female consumers evaluated 8 meat ‘patties’ from boars with varying levels of skatole (0.10-0.40 μg/g fat tissue) and androstenone (0.47-2.00 μg/g fat tissue), in a. Read more...

Russian demand for meat on the rise

  • 23 Jan 10:46

Demand for meat in Russia has increased due to the decline of pork and chicken prices Meat production in Russia continues to grow steadily and the large-scale farms and corporate agricultural companies are the main contributors to this success. According to the EMEAT agency data, production volume of the main types of meat (pork, beef, poultry, lamb and goat) in Russia amounted to 7,048.2 thousand tons in slaughter weight for the period from January to November 2017, which is 7.1% or 465.2 thousand tons more than for the same period in 2016. As a result of eleven months of 2017, pork accounted for 35.1% of the total volume of industrial meat production, poultry for. Read more...

Meat hub to be built near Russia’s border with China, North Korea

  • 23 Jan 10:44

A new manufacturing hub for producing pork and poultry, oriented towards exports to Asia, will soon be established in the Russian Far East by the Rusagro Group of Companies, one of Russia’s largest. Read more...

Pork and chicken flood Russia’s markets

  • 22 Jan 16:27

Meat production in Russia continues to grow steadily with large-scale farms and corporate agricultural companies being the main contributors to this success. According to the EMEAT agency data, production volume of the main types of meat (pork, beef, poultry, lamb and goat) in Russia amounted to 7,048.2 thousand tons in slaughter weight for the period of January to November 2017, which is 7.1% or 465.2 thousand tons more than for the same period in 2016. As a result of eleven months of 2017, pork accounted for 35.1% of the total volume of industrial meat production, poultry for 58.0%, beef for 6.7%, lamb and goat for 0.2%. At the end of December 2017, the price of. Read more...