World meat industry news

Belarus Plans to Launch Poultry, Beef Exports to UAE in 2017

  • 9 Mar 11:42

The Belarusian Agriculture and Food Ministry plans to launch the export of poultry and beef to the UAE in 2017, BelTA learned from head of the Foreign Economic Activity Department of the Agriculture and Food Ministry Aleksei Bogdanov. “During the meeting with the UAE Minister of Climate Change and Environment last week we agreed on an inspection of Belarusian companies in the first half of the year for possible supplies of poultry and beef to the Arab market. Usually the certification of companies takes some 4-5 months, so we hope to launch our exports in late 2017,” he explained. BelTAreports that Mr Bogdanov noted that the preliminary work had been. Read more...

Cherkizovo Ranks Among Russia’s Top Three Pork Producers

  • 9 Mar 11:41

Cherkizovo Group ranks among the top three pork producers in Russia based on data from the National Union of Pork Producers. The National Union of Pork Producers tracks the performance of the twenty largest pork producers in Russia, which together account for 60.1 per cent of Russia’s total pork production. Cherkizovo Group produced 184,770 tons of pork in 2016, representing 5.2 per cent of the country’s share. One of the Group’s competitive advantages is its distinguished team of international experts. A new genetics improvement strategy to improve pigs’ health status was launched by management at the beginning of the year. On top. Read more...

Cherkizovo Launches New Turkey Brand

  • 7 Mar 09:57

Cherkizovo Group, Russia's largest vertically integrated meat and feed producer, announces the launch of its new turkey brand, Pava-Pava. The Pava-Pava brand was developed to promote turkey products manufactured at the Tambov Turkey facility, a joint venture between Cherkizovo Group and Grupo Fuertes, Spain’s leading agricultural producer. Pava-Pava products are already available in Globus stores across Russia. Pava-Pava products are already available in Globus stores across Russia. Tambov Turkey is a landmark facility for Cherkizovo Group and has been recognised for the role it has played in import substitution. The facility’s production. Read more...

Kazakhstan’s pig industry shrinks

  • 7 Mar 09:56

Kazakhstan’s pig population has fallen by 6.4% or 831,300 head between 2015 and 2016, according to data from. Read more...

Cherkizovo looks abroad, driving Russian switch to poultry exports

  • 6 Mar 12:40

Moscow-based Cherkizovo Group said it was seeking for new broiler export markets in Africa, the Middle East and South East Asia, in a drive which would help reboot Russia's emergence as a poultry shipper, after setbacks to bird flu. Cherkizovo - revealing it had returned to top-rank among Russian meat producers last year, increasing sales by 9% year-on-year to 903,000 tonnes - said it had now added Angola to its export markets, after kicking off shipments to Egypt and Tanzania in August. Sergei Mikhailov termed progress in "building our export portfolio" amongst the group's "landmark" achievements last year. And the group said. Read more...

Russia thinks of pig farming in Arctic and Far East

  • 3 Mar 11:48

Russia aims to look in unfamiliar directions to develop pig industry – north of the Arctic Circle as well as in the Far East, that is. In January, Russia’s ministry of agriculture published a draft decree proposing the reimbursement of capital costs for construction of pig farms in the country with a special focus on lowly-populated regions, where pig industry has been developed poorly until now. Aid should be allocated to farms designed for a minimum of 2,400 sows and an annual production of 50,000 heads of pigs, while the designed capacity required should be reached within a year after the facility’s commissioning at the latest. Pig production. Read more...

Russia to invest $43 bln in Europe-Asia transport corridor

  • 3 Mar 11:46

Thanks to the implementation of infrastructure projects within the framework of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), Russia claims 15 percent of the total cargo turnover between Europe and China, Alexander Misharin first vice-president of Russian Railways said at an investment forum in Sochi this week. Russian freight train from Russia to China. Source: Jack No1/wikipedia.org (CC BY-SA 3.0) The Russian government plans to invest $43 billion to upgrade its railway infrastructure in order to benefit from growing freight traffic between China and Europe, a senior official from Russian Railways said this week. Russia can benefit enormously from freight between Europe. Read more...

Ukraine takes top position as importer of Russian meat

  • 1 Mar 11:12

Despite the official Ukrainian ban on the import of Russian food products, many items find their way to Donetsk and Lugansk, report Russian media. Officially, Ukraine does not purchase Russian meat and beer because Kiev banned imports of most Russian food products at the end of 2015 as a response to the Russian food embargo. Source: Alexey Malgavko/RIA Novosti Ukraine remains the top buyer of Russian beer and is now the leading buyer of Russian meat, pushing Kazakhstan to second place,reported(in Russia) Vedomosti, citing the Federal Customs Service (FCS). In 2016, Ukraine took almost one-third of all Russian beer and meat exports, said the FCS. These Russian. Read more...

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...