The Canadian meat industry has welcomed the signing of a Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement which represents an important milestone in the Canada–Ukraine bilateral relationship and will create new opportunities for businesses in both countries. Canada and Ukraine will now proceed with their respective domestic implementation processes in order to bring CUFTA into force. “I am very pleased that the Canadian government has signed the free trade agreement with Ukraine,” said Canadian Meat Council President Joe Reda. “There is a long term interest in trade with Ukraine, not only as a supplier of high quality meat protein to Ukraine’s. Read more...
Russian veterinary authorities have warned that the spread of African swine fever in Ukraine poses a severe threat of the disease spreading further into Eastern Europe into Romania and Moldova. A report from the veterinary authority Rosselkhoznador said the disease is spreading south and west in Ukraine and the growing number of uncontrolled incidents in domestic pigs is threatening to cross the border. Between 2012 and 1 July this year there have been 62 cases of the disease reported in Ukraine, and the Russian veterinary services says that the key to the spread of the disease in the most recent cases is human. The authority added that there is a lack of. Read more...
China has cancelled restrictions on Russian poultry imports which was originally implemented back in 2005 due to the unfavorable veterinary situation in the country. The long-awaited decision could become an important milestone for Russian poultry manufacturers, since China is the biggest market and it could annually consume up to 200,000 tonnes of Russian chicken. This could promote a fast rise of Russian poultry exports within the next few years. An important poultry market According to the deputy head of the Russian Agricultural Ministry, Sergey Levin, exports of Russian poultry meat to China should begin by the end of the year. “This is a very. Read more...
Russia has adopted a new law to ban imports of GM feed inwar on genetically modified organisms (GMO) found in. Read more...
MHP: Middle East boosts poultry growth as it expands there Ukraine’s MHP has reported growth in poultry production, with sales reinforced by a robust export upswing to the Middle East in its preliminary half-year results,. Read more...
Top Russian meat producers are increasingly producing meat in so-called ‘consumer packs’, with the aim of gaining a bigger sales margin in this. Read more...
Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania continue to struggle with outbreaks of African Swine Fever (ASF). In Latvia, the virus was identified not far from the country’s capital Riga. A report from the LatvianFood and Veterinary Service(FVS), early July, stated that between July 4 and July 8, the country reported the discovery of 39 infected wild boars. Some of these were about 40 km away from Riga. The report states that, since the beginning of the year, the disease has already been found in 560 boars in 54 districts of the country. The veterinary service said that the threat of further ASF growth is partly related to the virus spreading in neighbouring countries. Read more...
Meat wholesaler Durham Ranch has called on Americans to eat bison burgers with the business 'committed' to sustainable farming after the US hunted buffalo to near-extinction. Read more...
Continuing strong Chinese import demand and stalling supply will continue to support global pork prices through 3Q 2016, according to the Rabobank Global Pork Quarterly Q3 2016 report. Albert Vernooij, Animal Protein analyst at Rabobank, forcasts that this circumstances will result in a further rise of the Rabobank five-nation hog price index supporting margins across the globe. He adds that Wildcards are feed costs and the Brexit induced changing exchange rates which could negatively impact the upswing, especially in the EU and the US. China: Prices expected to peak during Q3 The volatile prices in June are just a temporary blip in the positive mood in. Read more...
International food commodity prices shot up 4.2 per cent in June, their steepest monthly increase of the past four years.The FAO Food Price Index averaged 163.4 points in June and is now one per cent below the level reached a year earlier. The June rise, which affected all commodity categories except vegetable oils, was the fifth consecutive monthly increase. The FAO Cereal Price Index rose 2.9 per cent in the month and is now 3.9 per cent below its level of June 2015. Maize prices drove that increase, primarily due to tightening spot export supplies from Brazil. Ample wheat supplies and reports of record yields in the United States held down wheat prices. The FAO. Read more...
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