World meat industry news

No chance for food embargo to be lifted soon, says Putin

  • 28 Nov 12:08

Russia aims to maintain its food embargo for as long as possible to protect investment in the country’s meat industry, Russian president. Read more...

Russia and Turkey rebuild meat trade

  • 28 Nov 12:07

Russia and Turkey are to drop trade restrictions and reinstate mutual trade in meat, which virtually stopped after the Turkish Airforce fighter jet shot down the Russian. Read more...

Russia and Turkey rebuild meat trade

  • 23 Nov 11:00

Russia and Turkey are to drop trade restrictions and reinstate mutual trade in meat, which virtually stopped after the Turkish Airforce fighter jet shot down the Russian. Read more...

More ASF Reported in Russian Pigs

  • 22 Nov 06:34

Russia has reported two more outbreaks of African Swine Fever (ASF) on pig farms. One commercial pig farm in Krasnodarskiy Kray with 16,248 susceptible pigs reported 415 cases. In Moskovskaya, a backyard. Read more...

Ukraine Reports Further ASF Outbreaks

  • 22 Nov 06:34

Three more outbreaks of African Swine Fever (ASF) have been reported in the Khmel'nitskiy and Nikolayev regions of Ukraine. In Nikolayev, a village farm with 200 pigs reported one case and, in Khmel'Nitskiy, a backyard farm reported 16 cases and a commercial farm with 7,748 pigs discovered four outbreaks. Stamping-out is going to be held. Read more...

Russian meat giant to move into online sales

  • 21 Nov 10:42

One of Russia’s largest meat producers is preparing to launch a new web store. Read more...

First tipping online service launched in Russia

  • 21 Nov 10:40

Russia's Plazius App for making online payments has launched the first service for tipping in restaurants and cafés by means of a credit card. The press service of Russia's largest bank Sberbank, which owns the application, confirmed the information to RBTH. The code in the check, which a visitor gets in a cafe or restaurant from a waiter, should be entered in Plazius application. When paying guest can set the amount of a tip for the waiter - arbitrarily or as a percentage share of the check. Today, Plazius is connected to the 1,300 cafes and restaurants located in all Russia's major cities, the Sberbank press service reports. However, the. Read more...

Ukraine’s MHP posts $8m third-quarter loss

  • 18 Nov 10:56

Ukraine’s grain and poultry giant MHP has reported a net loss of $8m for the third quarter of 2016 after a profit of $24m. Read more...

World Bank upgrades its forecast for the Russian economy

  • 18 Nov 10:55

On Nov. 9, the World Bankreleasedits latest forecast for the Russian economy. The prediction was better than expected, showing the Russian economy shrinking by 0.6 percent in 2016, then rising by 1.5 percent in 2017 and by 1.7 percent in 2018. In June, the World Bank predicted that Russia’s GDP would fall by 1.2 percent in 2016. The latest World Bank forecast is close to the most recentestimatesby Russia's Ministry of Economic Development, which show the country's GDP shrinking by between 0.5 percent and 0.7 percent in 2016. According to the Bank’s report, Russia’s economic decline has slowed considerably due to growth in such. Read more...

Number of the week: The probability of U.S. sanctions being cancelled

  • 17 Nov 09:46

Morgan Stanleyhas estimateda 35 percent chance the U.S. lifting sanctions against Russia in 2017-2018, in connection with the election of Donald Trump as President of the United States. Bloomberg reported about it in an analytical review of the banking company. In case of such a scenario, politicians may find it harder to keep European Union sanctions in force, the agency reported, citing the opinion of analysts at Morgan Stanley. The victory of Republican candidate Donald Trump in the U.S. presidential elections may well benefit Russia – many analysts had already predicted that Trump's candidacy was more preferable for the Russian establishment. After Trump. Read more...