The annual World Pork Expo, held in Des Moines, IA, United States, shall kick off on Wednesday, June 8, welcoming more than 20,000 pork producers and agricultural professionals from Northern America and the rest of the world. Theevent, held June 8-10 at the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines, is presented by theNational Pork Producers Council(NPPC). The event likes to brand itself as 'the world's largest pork-specific trade show', offering educational seminars, national youth swine shows, open shows and sales, as well as grilled pork and more. Producers, exhibitors and media from about 48 countries are expected to attend the 2016. Read more...
The Russian Agriculture Ministry prepares draft Government decree to extend food embargo until the end of 2017. At the same time, the ministry does not propose to expand the list of the products prohibited for import to Russia, Agriculture Minister Alexander Tkachev told journalists on Friday. "The Russian Agriculture Ministry has already started to prepare the draft decree providing extension of the response measures until the end of 2017. The list of food products is not planned for expansion, we are talking only about extending the duration," he said, adding that extension of food embargo is "good news for domestic agricultural. Read more...
A further outbreak of African Swine Fever (ASF) has been reported in Russia. The outbreak was reported in village pigs inNovouglaynka, Usmansky, Lipetskaya. In total, of the six pigs susceptible, there were five cases. All pigs in the unit died or were. Read more...
Russia’s plan to extend its import ban to a range of EU, US, Canadian, Australian and Norwegian food exporters until December 31, 2017 has been met with criticism. Read more...
Kazakhstan plans to revive its once-strong beef industry to become one of the largest meat exporters in. Read more...
Kyrgyzstan President Almazbek Atambayev has signed a law ratifying the free trade agreement (FTA) between the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) and Vietnam, a representative of the presidential press service told Interfax on June 2. “The ratified agreement will ensure a free trade regime for more than 90 percent of commodities,” the official said. “A zero-rate duty and liberalized access to markets will be achieved in two steps.” The agreement prescribes protection of the domestic market and balance of payments, licensing, and subsidizing of industrial and agricultural commodities in accordance with World Trade Organization. Read more...
Two of Russia’s largest meat companies experienced a sharp drop in profits in the first quarter of 2016,. Read more...
Ukraine agricultural holding Avangard previously ranked as the second largest world’s producer of eggs and egg products has seen its production figures almost half as the crisis in the country takes it toll. In 2015 the company produced 4.43 billion units of eggs, a 46% decrease compared to 2014, official reports from the company state. The overall poultry population dropped by 42% to 13.6 million heads, while laying hens stock also dropped by 42% to 10.7%. In 2016, the company expects to slightly restore it's population to 11 million hens. Poultry stock and capacities reduced The reduction of poultry stock and production capacities are primarily. Read more...
The current European pig crisis is mainly caused by overproduction, and not by the Russian ban on agricultural produce. That is the view of Robert Hoste, pig production economist at theAgricultural Economics Institute(LEI) ofWageningen University and Research, the Netherlands. Hoste spoke last week at the annualEuropean Pig Producers congressheld in Dublin, Ireland. One of the major themes these days in Europe's pig industry, is the current price crisis, as the business hasn't been a profitable one for a while – with ongoing low prices per pig and ongoing societal demands for investments. Situation with Russia is blamed, ASF closed. Read more...
The Russian government has decided to ease the food embargo introduced against Western countries and allow the import of poultry meat, beef and vegetables used for baby food. The food embargo against the EU countries, U.S., Canada, Australia and Norway was introduced on August 7, 2014. Source: Ingimage / Vostock-photo The Russian government has moderated the embargo conditions placed on products imported from the U.S., Canada, Australia, the EU countries, Ukraine and several other European countries. The ban has been lifted on poultry meat, frozen beef and dried and frozen vegetables used in the production of baby food. The rulingwas publishedon the official site. Read more...
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