Over a tenth of the fast-food restaurant chain's raw materials in Russia are imported People at a McDonald's restaurant at Moscow's Pushkin Square. Source: Valery Sharifulin/TASS McDonald's has pledged to use only Russian products at its restaurants in the country by 2020,RBK dailyhas reported, citing President of McDonald's Russia Khamzat Khasbulatov. "Now the share of Russian products is 87 percent. By the end of 2018 it will increase to 90 percent, I promise. And by 2020 the share of local products will be 100 percent," Khasbulatov told RBK. This would, he added, make Russia one of the few markets in the world in which the. Read more...
Russia’s agricultural holding Eurodon will, in late February, target re-stocking of poultry houses in the Krasnosulinsky district of Rostov Oblast, where, in late December, an outbreak of highly pathogenicavian influenza(AI) broke out. In total, Eurodon suffered RUB1 billion (US$16 million) in losses because of the outbreak, primarily because the company had to cull 160,000 turkeys. According to the company’s press-service, the poultry stock was insured but this will only cover part of the losses. Poultry insurance options Yuri Kolesnikov, Russia’s Insurance Ombudsman, told regional media Gorodn that Eurodon could insure poultry stock in. Read more...
Backyard farms constitute the essence of Russia’s problem withAfrican Swine Fever(ASF). That conclusion was drawn by Sergey Dankvert, head of Russia’s veterinary body Rosselkhoznadzor. Dankvert shared his views on the federal TV channel Rosiya24 recently. He added that in 2016, in Russia 233,000 heads of pigs were culled as a result ofAfrican Swine Fever(ASF) outbreaks. Calling this figure ‘very huge’, he pointed to backyard farms as a cause, since they lack good biosecurity. A backyard farm in Russia, keeping pigs and poultry in one shed. Photo: Verevkin | Dreamstime.com About 6,500 culled pigs came from backyard farms, Dankvert. Read more...
The European Commission has lifted a trade ban on Ukrainian poultry exports, imposed in December 2016 following a regionalisation move for. Read more...
Being the only Asian country to have signed a free trade agreement with the Russia-led Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), Vietnam has the potential to become Russia's window to Asian markets, but experts urge Moscow to first focus on the quality of its manufactured products, and after-sales service. Russian truck producer Kamaz is ready to use the EAEU-Vietnam FTA to enter Asian markets. Source: kamazmaster.ru When U.S. President Donald Trump recently fulfilled his pre-election campaign promise bysigningan order to withdraw the country from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), some Russian experts saw it as achance for Russiato speed up its economic integration. Read more...
While Russia has for years exported wheat and other grains, the country still imports many basic foodstuffs. 2017 might be the year, however, that Russia becomes an overall net exporter of agricultural products. This development is a positive side-effect of economic sanctions, which have spurred domestic production. Russia's main food exports are grain and vegetable oil, and the domestic market is already saturated with poultry, pork and sugar. Photo: Chicken farm in Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia. Source: Mikhail Japaridze/TASS This year Russia plans not only an increase in grain and vegetable oil exports, but it also hopes to enter global markets with new. Read more...
Investment in Miratorg’s large pigmeat factory in Kursk Oblast has reached RUB160 billion ($2.68bn), nearly 25% above original estimates, according to a report from. Read more...
Russia started deliveries of corn to southern African nations. The first delivery, totaling 3,500 tons, was sent to Senegal from the Novorossiysk seaport on the Black Sea,reportedthe website of the Russian Federal Service for Veterinary and Sanitary Control that is a division of Rosselkhoznadzor. Also, a corn shipment totaling 63,600 tons was sent to Vietnam. Russia began corn exports to Vietnam in November. According to the Russian Agriculture Ministry, corn yields in Russia. Read more...
Although a number of EU policies have the potential to combat food waste, their potential is not being exploited, according to a new report from the European Court of Auditors. Current estimates indicate that, globally, around one third of the food produced for human consumption is wasted or lost. In their report, the auditors examined EU action taken so far to reduce food waste and how the various policy instruments work. They found that the EU had not contributed to a resource-efficient food supply chain by combating food waste effectively. The latest EU proposal for dealing with food waste, the creation of a platform, does not fully address the problems raised. Read more...
In just a few days’ time, from 31 January until 2 February, visitors from all corners of the planet will gather in Atlanta Georgia. The IPPE is again preparing to welcome the global poultry industry to showcase the latest technological advancements. At the 2016 IPPE, there were 1,301 exhibitors covering almost 465,000 net square feet of exhibit space, placing the show in the top 50 in the United States. The 2016 IPPE featured more than 7,280 international visitors from over 141 countries. Latin American/Caribbean countries represent the largest region of international visitors, but there has been continued growth in numbers coming from Europe. Canada. Read more...
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