Sub-clinical, chronically infected or recovered pigs may be responsible for the persistence of the African Swine Fever virus in endemic areas. That is one of the hypotheses put forward by an international group of researchers from the United Kingdom and the United States. The article was recently published inBMC Veterinary Research. The team wanted to know more about ASF virus epidemiology during a period when no outbreaks were reported. {{[photo,2}} Pigs in Kenya: low input The situation in Kenya mattered most to them, they wrote. “Pig production in western Kenya is characterised by low-input, free-range systems practised by poor farmers keeping between. Read more...
Current prices in Russia are around 104 Roubles ($1.59) per live kg. This means good producers continue to be making $50 to $70 per pig profit. Despite this, there is a degree of nervousness in the market, writes Simon Grey, General Manager Russia, CIS, and Europe. African Swine Fever is having its normal summer rampage in Western Russia. Outbreaks are primarily in wild pigs and domestic herds, but some large commercial herds have also been infected and subsequently destroyed. Russia is expecting a 15% increasing production this year. This is expected to create market surplus in Russia in the autumn, resulting in considerably lower prices. The WTO has found. Read more...
By the end of this month (September) the Russian government will appeal the recent ruling of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) opposing Russia’s swine fever-related ban on European Union (EU) exports of pigs, pigmeat and related products, according. Read more...
Russian meat giant Miratorg wants to increase the volume of its meat exports to 250,000 tonnes in the next five years to a value of $1bn, according. Read more...
Until the mid-1980s, the Soviet Union was among the world leaders in the production of wheat, rye, sugar beet, potatoes, milk and livestock. Russia’s agricultural industry then went into the doldrums and took over two and a half decades to recover. It received a major boost in 2014 when Russia introduced sanctions on food products from the West, and initiated an import substitution-focused policy. The price competitiveness of Russian agricultural products has primarily increased over the last two years due to the sharp devaluation of the ruble. Bumper harvests in the last two years have led to a surplus of agricultural produce in Russia and an. Read more...
More than 6,000 people have taken advantage of a new government initiative to help develop the economy in Russia's Far East by applying for a free hectare of land in region, according to Far East Development Deputy Minister Kirill Stepanov. According to Stepanov, who made the announcement at the Eastern Economic Forum in Russia’s Pacific city of Vladivostok in early September, over 120 plots of land have already been transferred for use, and residents will receive another 250 plots in the near future. "The law gives people a new degree of freedom," said Stepanov. "It is important that it has straightened all the bureaucratic corridors. A. Read more...
The inhabitants of the cold Magadan region face a lack of fresh, affordable poultry meat. The erection of the Dukchinskaya poultry farm in this far-away corner in Russia offers a far better, healthier and less expensive solution than the attempts to transport fresh meat to the region. Lack of protein for children Have you ever visited Magadan? Probably not. Few people have ever set foot on this relatively unknown place on the map in the cold parts of Russia. It takes eight hours to fly from Moscow to Magadan. The region encompasses 461,400 km², which is about the size of Morocco, and houses 182,726 inhabitants. Winters are long and cold and the soil. Read more...
This past week we were in Russia. Interesting time for sure. The Russia industry protected by limited pork imports is having a good run. Prices are around 110 rubles a kilogram currently or 70¢ USD live weight a lb. Profit range $40 to $70 USD per head, writes Jim Long. Other Observations Profits are leading to increased production with several new sow units being built. In Russia multi-site production has fallen out of disfavor. Almost all if not all new sow units are 2,500-3,000 sow mono farrow to finish facilities. There are no contracted facilities in Russia that we are aware of. All facilities and swine inventory are owned by a specific owner.. Read more...
Eight new outbreaks of African Swine Fever (ASF) have been reported in western Russia. The outbreaks were reported in backyard units and on larger farms in the areas ofKrasnodarskiy,Saratovskaya,Vologradskaya,Ryazanskaya andVoronezhskaya. In total, of the 31,441 pigs susceptible, 235 cases were reported which led to 144 deaths and for 342. Read more...
US fast food giant, McDonalds, has stopped using chicken fed with antibiotics in the US, but has stated that they can't avoid buying chicken with antibiotics in China. Earlier this year the company released a statement promising to complete “a major commitment to only serve chicken not treated with antibiotics important to human medicine nearly a year ahead of schedule." This change came as a response to continued pressure from consumer groups which demanded that the drugs used in treating diseases in chicken are harmful to human health and should be banned. Consumer driven change Now, the charityShareAction has called on McDonald's- which operates. Read more...
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