World meat industry news

Russian firm ramps up self-reliance in chicken flocks

  • 1 Mar 11:09

Cherkizovo has commissioned its first farm for parent chicken flocks in Russia and hopes to finish construction of three more farms in autumn 2017, in order to cut its. Read more...

Russia loses appeal over EU pork import ban

  • 28 Feb 10:15

Russia has lost its appeal against a World Trade Organization (WTO) ruling over its blanket ban on imports of pigs and pork products from. Read more...

More ASF Reported in Ukraine

  • 27 Feb 15:55

A new outbreak of African Swine Fever (ASF) has been reported in Bobrovytsya, Chernigov. The farm reported that of the 451 pigs susceptible, only three cases were reported. However, all pigs have been destroyed in order to prevent the. Read more...

Cherkizovo Launches New Sow Farm in Lipetsk Region

  • 27 Feb 15:54

Cherkizovo Group, the largest vertically integrated meat and feed producer in Russia, has launched a new sow farm in the Lipetsk region. Igor Babaev, founder of Cherkizovo Group, and Oleg Korolev, head of administration of the Lipetsk region, both attended the opening. This new facility will supply sows to Cherkizovo’s pork production facilities located in the Lipetsk and Voronezh regions. The sow farm’s weekly capacity is 11,600 sows of simultaneous placement and 7,000 weaned piglets. Once fully operational, the facility will boost production in the Group’s pork segment by 350,000 heads per annum. Total investment into the project amounted to. Read more...

South East Asia Hog Market

  • 20 Feb 08:40

Thailand Pork consumption is stable, although facing an oversupply since the last quarter of 2016. The price of live pigs (ex-farm) in Thailand has risen slightly to $1.67/kg due to the government’s measure to boost consumption. It did so by injecting cash into certain income groups to spend during the Lunar New Year festival. Surachai Sutthitham, President of the Swine Raisers Association of Thailand, said pork prices went down since the second half of 2016 due to oversupply of pork and slowing consumer demand amid low agricultural prices. But there is confidence in the pig business and there are some companies building greenfield site modern pig farms with. Read more...

Cherkizovo Group Implements Lean Production System

  • 20 Feb 08:38

Cherkizovo Group held its second annual kaizen contest among employees of the Cherkizovsky Meat Processing Plant (CMPP) to find ways to make production more efficient. Kaizen is a Japanese philosophy of continuous improvement of working practices with the ultimate goal of achieving complete efficiency at every step of the production process. Kaizen events improve employee engagement by giving staff the opportunity to actively participate in improving production processes and can lead to significant cost savings for companies. Since introduced at Cherkizovo in 2014, kaizen events have contributed to RUB 68.2 million in efficiency savings and have led to 1,082. Read more...

Pork grown in a lab nearer to reality

  • 17 Feb 08:55

Lab-grown pork has moved a step closer to reality with the publication of fresh. Read more...

China’s Year of the Rooster looking foul

  • 17 Feb 08:54

While 2017 may be the Year of the Rooster in China, forecasts suggest that the country’s poultry sector will continue its two-year decline, and all facets of Chinese poultry will likely be affected by China’s response to continuedAvian Influenza(AI) detections, both within China and overseas. In terms of production, despite the continued modernisation of China’s production industry, these potential gains have been offset by China’s AI bans against key suppliers of grandparent stock (e.g., the United States and France), according to a recent USDA Gains report. Impact of AI on poultry sector The bans as a result of AI detection. Read more...

Cherkizovo Group Implements Lean Production System

  • 15 Feb 10:30

Cherkizovo Group held its second annual kaizen contest among employees of the Cherkizovsky Meat Processing Plant (CMPP) to find ways to make production more efficient. Kaizen is a Japanese philosophy of continuous improvement of working practices with the ultimate goal of achieving complete efficiency at every step of the production process. Kaizen events improve employee engagement by giving staff the opportunity to actively participate in improving production processes and can lead to significant cost savings for companies. Since introduced at Cherkizovo in 2014, kaizen events have contributed to RUB 68.2 million in efficiency savings and have led to 1,082. Read more...

Russia Hog Market

  • 15 Feb 10:29

The pig price this week in Russia is averaging 98 Roubles ($1.66) per live kg., writes Simon Grey, General Manager of Genesus Russia. Producers continue to make good profits in the range of $40 to $70 per pig. Russian pig producers continue to build new farms and expand Pork consumption increased during 2016 by 7 per cent to 24.9kg per person. With companies beginning to export into Asia the future remains bright. There are some peculiarities within the Russian market, and some anomalies which make no sense! Majority of pigs produced and slaughtered and sold by large integrated producers, there is a limited ‘free market’. Large producers. Read more...