World meat industry news

Miratorg targets $1bn worth of meat exports

  • 19 Sep 11:35

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...

Eco-friendly Russian food products can satisfy China’s growing appetite

  • 15 Sep 10:28

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...

Free land program gathers pace in Russia's Far East

  • 15 Sep 10:27

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...

Solving Protein Shortages in Russia

  • 14 Sep 09:02

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...

Pork Commentary: Russia Roadtrip Week One

  • 13 Sep 11:26

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...

Russia Reports More ASF Outbreaks in Pigs

  • 13 Sep 11:23

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...

Fast food chains and the antibiotic dilemma

  • 12 Sep 10:05

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...

Russia-fire-kills-thousands-of-pigs

  • 12 Sep 10:03

Thousands of pigs burn to death on Russian farm.A fire at a pig farm run by Cherkizovo Group has killed nearly 10,000 piglets, according to a statement. Read more...

Russia Wheat in Best Run Since April as Quality Grain Sought

  • 30 Aug 08:43

Russian wheat prices extended a rebound, capping the best run since April, as farmers charged more for high-protein grain after rains damaged crops there and in major competitor France. Wheat for loading at Black Sea ports rose 1.2 percent from a week earlier to $170 a metric ton as of Friday, Dmitry Rylko, director general of Moscow-based Institute for Agricultural Market Studies, or Ikar, said by phone. The price, up for a fourth week, is for wheat with protein content of 12.5 percent. Farmers are seeking higher prices afterrainsthis year hurt crop quality in France, the European Union’s biggest grower, and the world’s top supplier Russia, Rylko. Read more...

Russian Pork Farms Raise Safeguards Amid Swine Fever Outbreak

  • 30 Aug 08:40

Russia is registering more cases of African swine fever this year than usual, prompting pork producers such as Ros Agro Plc and Cherkizovo Group PJSC to increase safety measures. Outbreaks that took place in households and among wild boarstotalled 182by Aug. 22 this year, which is more than any previous full year except 2013, according to data from Russia’s agriculture agency, Rosselkhoznadzor. The country, which is the world’s fifth-largest pork producer, is seeing the virus mostly confined to the central and southern regions. The efforts to prevent the spread of the disease are “almost like a war,” Ros Agro Director General Maxim Basov said Aug.. Read more...