World meat industry news

Russia eats more baby food than meat

  • 19 Oct 11:23

Russia consumed more baby food per capita than it did meat in 2015, according to London-based data. Read more...

USDA WASDE - October 2016

  • 18 Oct 09:42

The forecast for total red meat and poultry production for 2016 is reduced from last month as slightly higher beef and pork production is more than offset by lower broiler production. No change is made to turkey production. Beef production is raised on higher expected slaughter although carcass weights are reduced slightly. Pork production for 2016 is raised on the pace of third quarter slaughter. Broiler production is lowered as recent production data points towards continued slow growth in bird weights. For 2017, the total red meat and poultry product forecast was raised, primarily due to higher pork production. Beef production is raised based on expectations. Read more...

Russia Reports Three New ASF Outbreaks

  • 18 Oct 09:40

Three new outbreaks of African Swine Fever (ASF) have been reported on Russian pig farms. The outbreaks were discovered on backyard farms in Respublika Tatarstan, Saratovskaya and Voronezhskaya. In total, 14 cases were reported. All 75 pigs susceptible died as a. Read more...

Eurodon keen to shake up Russia’s duck market

  • 17 Oct 11:23

Russian agricultural holding company Eurodon is harbouring ambitions to become the largest manufacturer of duck meat in Russia, with plans to shake up both. Read more...

5 reasons why Russia's pivot to Asia is more serious than you thought

  • 17 Oct 11:21

Despite falling trade figures between Russia and Asian countries, analysts are optimistic about the medium to long term. There is a growth in Russian food exports to the continent, and new logistics projects have been set up to take advantage of trans-shipment opportunities in Eurasia. Russians have also developed a more pragmatic attitude when it comes to doing business with Asian countries. A worker with 1-month old piglet on the Rodnikovsky pig-breeding farm. Russia is looking to step up pork exports to Asia. Source: Aleksandr Kondratuk / RIA Novosti At the end of the 2015, when members of the Russian elite realized, that the country’s so-called. Read more...

Eurodon keen to shake up Russia’s duck market

  • 13 Oct 10:15

Russian agricultural holding company Eurodon is harbouring ambitions to become the largest manufacturer of duck meat in Russia, with plans to shake up both. Read more...

Russia wants to restore cooperation with African countries

  • 13 Oct 10:13

Russia is willing to restore cooperation with the African countries but not on the Soviet-era conditions, President Vladimir Putin said at the VTB Capital’s Russia Calling Forum. "We have traditionally had very good, time-tested relations of trust with the countries of the African continent," Putin said. According to Putin, "we used to have very close ties with some countries, in fact it was a strategic partnership." "Certainly, these relations need to be re-established," he said. The president noted that many countries had been "stepping up their activities on the African continent." "Obviously, we would be glad. Read more...

Turkmenistan meat producer granted bank funds to expand

  • 12 Oct 11:57

Turkmenistan-based meat processor Taze Ay has been granted a loan of $800,000 to fund the expansion of its sausage. Read more...

EU publishes short term outlook for beef and sheep meat

  • 12 Oct 11:56

According to the EU Commission‘s latest Short Term Outlook report, net beef production this year is now forecast to increase almost three per cent on last year, driven by higher slaughterings, of mostly dairy cows, as the dairy sector continues to face market difficulties, and good export demand. Production in the first half of the year is already up by over three per cent, driven by a surge in volumes coming from Poland and an acceleration of female slaughterings in EU-15 countries during the April to June period. With the exception of Italy and Sweden, all EU counties have reported higher cow and heifer throughputs over this time period, compared to last year.. Read more...

Russia continues to battle ASF virus

  • 11 Oct 10:21

African Swine Fever (ASF) poses a real threat to the meat markets of Central Europe and Asia, including China, according to Russia’s Agriculture Ministry. Read more...