World meat industry news

In Russia, pork prices fell by 2% - Ministry of Agriculture

  • 22 Sep 11:29

In Russia, pork prices fell by 2% - Ministry of Agriculture Selling prices for pork in Russia have fallen by two percent since August, the Ministry of Agriculture reported. The reason for this was cited by the ministry as the steady growth in the production of live pigs in agricultural organizations. It increased by 5.9 percent from the same period last year or to 3.6 million tons in live weight. This was facilitated by the expansion of the capacity of pig-breeding complexes in the country. The ministry also expects that production of these products will continue to grow throughout the year. In early September, several outbreaks of ASF were identified in Kuban. After this, various experts began to talk about a possible increase. Read more...

Meat market: analysis of key trends in 2023

  • 22 Sep 11:28

Meat market: analysis of key trends in 2023 Russian meat market in 2022-2023 ischaracterized by: Resumption of growth in meat production in Russia In 2001-2022 There was a steady increase in meat production volumes in the Russian Federation. At the same time, in 2021 there was some stagnation of indicators - the growth rate slowed down noticeably. Production of meat of all types in 2022, according to updated data from Rosstat, amounted to 11,744.2 thousand tons in slaughter weight, which is 3.5% (398.0 thousand tons) more than in 2021. Including pork production increased by 5.3%, poultry meat - by 4.5%. At the same time, the volume of beef production decreased by 3.2%, lamb and goat meat - by 2.5%, and other types. Read more...

Brazil to supply cattle to Russia

  • 21 Sep 09:19

Brazil to supply cattle to Russia The press service of the central office of Rosselkhoznadzor reports that from September 21, the domestic market will open for the import of live cattle from Brazil. The access of Brazilian livestock farmers to the domestic market was announced by the head of Rosselkhoznadzor Sergei Dankvert on Tuesday, September 19, during negotiations with the Secretary of Trade and International Relations of the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock of Brazil Roberto Serroni Perosi in Moscow. The representative of Brazil added his signature to the draft international veterinary certificate, previously signed by all EEAC member countries. The negotiations focused. Read more...

Meat prices in Russia are the lowest in the world

  • 21 Sep 09:18

Meat prices in Russia are the lowest in the world General trends in the price situation of the Russian meat market in 2023 (analysis of wholesale prices) In the second half of 2022 and the first quarter of 2023, wholesale prices for pork and poultry meat generally trended weaker, mainly due to significant increases in production volumes. Pork production in farms of all categories in 2022, compared to 2021, increased by 5.3% (by 228.1 thousand tons in slaughter weight), in the first half of 2023, according to AB-Center calculations - by another 4 .7% (by 120.8 thousand tons). Poultry meat production in 2022 increased by 4.5% (by 230.7 thousand tons). In the first half of 2023 - by another 1.5% (by 38.7 thousand. Read more...

Russian wheat exports remain biggest risk to US wheat elevators - CoBank

  • 21 Sep 09:17

Russian wheat exports remain biggest risk to US wheat elevators - CoBank A modest rebound in US wheat production and supplies is improving the outlook for profitability among grain elevators that store wheat, according toa recent press release from CoBank. Futures market carries have improved for all three major classes of wheat and the buy basis is widening following a bigger harvest. The larger harvest follows two years of poor production and a historic run of inverted futures markets that sapped profitability for storing wheat. According to anew report from CoBank’s Knowledge Exchange, the major risk to elevators in the year ahead is a sharp rally in wheat prices. Wheat stocks among major exporters are historically tight, and any. Read more...

Livestock and poultry production in the Russian Federation increased by more than 3% over 8 months

  • 20 Sep 10:56

Livestock and poultry production in the Russian Federation increased by more than 3% over 8 months During January - August of this year, Russian agricultural organizations increased the production of livestock and poultry for slaughter (in live weight) by 3.4 percent from the same period last year or to 8.679 million tons. This was reported by Rosstat. The largest share was made up of poultry - the figure for them increased by 0.7 percent or to 4.3 million tons. In second place are pigs, for which it increased by 5.9% or to 3.639 million tons. Cattle (cattle) production was 701,100 tons (up seven percent). Also, the production of goats and sheep increased by 22.1% to 16.9 thousand tons. At the same time, last month was unsuccessful for cattle. Its livestock. Read more...

RailJet service to China will be launched for Russian exporters

  • 20 Sep 10:55

RailJet service to China will be launched for Russian exporters Between Russia and China it is planned to launch a new logistics service RailJet, this is a baggage train, the Russian Export Center (REC) reports following a meeting in Beijing. Also discussed at the meeting was the issue of speeding up the clearance of perishable goods through the Agroexpress service. The imminent launch of the new logistics service RailJet, the so-called “baggage train” between Russia and China, was announced by the General Director of the Russian Export Center (part of VEB.RF) Veronika Nikishina following a meeting of the Subcommittee on Trade and Economic Cooperation of the Russian-Chinese Commission. The event took place in. Read more...

Export of livestock products to Mongolia increased 3.5 times

  • 20 Sep 10:53

Export of livestock products to Mongolia increased 3.5 times The volume of exported products over 8 months amounted to more than 756 thousand tons. Since the beginning of the year, employees of the Rosselkhoznadzor Office for the Irkutsk Region and the Republic of Buryatia, while monitoring the border of the Russian Federation and transport at the Ulan-Ude station of the East Siberian Railway, have controlled and sent for export to Mongolia 128 batches of livestock products, which is 3.5 times more than in the same period last year. The volume of export products for 8 months amounted to more than 756 thousand tons, of which the largest share is accounted for by finished dairy products - 346 thousand tons and canned fish. Read more...

Russia and Iran to expand trade in livestock products

  • 19 Sep 09:36

Russia and Iran to expand trade in livestock products As reported in Rosselkhoznadzor, a high-ranking delegation of the Veterinary Organization (IVO) of Iran is currently in the Russian Federation, studying the Russian system of veterinary control in the production and export of livestock products. The specialists have already visited the Federal State Budgetary Institution "ARRIAH" subordinate to Rosselkhoznadzor, where they not only got acquainted with the work of scientific and production laboratories and the information and analytical center, but also discussed the prospects for trade in regulated products. In particular, they talked about the epizootic situation in Russia, Iran and. Read more...

Strengthening prices for meat products in Russia

  • 19 Sep 09:35

Strengthening prices for meat products in Russia In the 37th week of 2023, an upward trend was observed on the Russian meat market, led by pork, which had fallen in price a week earlier.Thus, in the 37th week, domestically produced pork half-carcasses became more expensive by 2.6%, the average price was 199.5 rubles per kilogram. The cost of live pigs of slaughter quality in the Central region of Russia increased by 1.5% - to 137.1 rubles per kilogram. The level of wholesale prices for domestic beef and offal in Russia increased over the week by 0.4%, while beef half-carcasses were offered in the 37th week at an average of 358.2 rubles per kilogram, which is 0.7% higher than on 36 th week. Prices for chicken meat. Read more...