World meat industry news

EPP Congress in Dublin: What to expect?

  • 10 May 09:37

Quality, traceability and productivity. Those are the key themes of the upcoming 26th European Pig Producers Congress in Dublin, Ireland, later this month. The3-day eventwill take place in the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Dublin from May 25-27, and is set up around a mixture of technical presentations and practical visits. The Irish pig industry will also receive plenty of attention at the event. Ciaran Carroll, head of the pig development department at the Irish agriculture and food development authority (Teagasc), will give an overview of Irish pig production, after which speakers from various sides of the Irish industry will give a heads-up where the. Read more...

Global Food Price Index Up in April

  • 6 May 10:57

Global prices of key staple food commodities rose in April, marking its third consecutive monthly increase after four years of decline. The FAO Food Price Index averaged 151.8 points in April, a 0.7 per cent increase from March. That is about 10 per cent below its level of a year ago and more than a third off its 2011 highs. The gradual increase is far from even across the board. April's increase was driven by palm oil prices and, in a minor key, cereals, while sugar prices tapered down after a strong increase in March. The FAO Food Price Index is a trade-weighted index tracking international market prices for five key commodity groups: major cereals,. Read more...

Big falls in Russian meat imports predicted for 2016

  • 6 May 10:48

Russian meat imports will fall as demand for foreign meat drops and companies cut back on how much they buy abroad, according to the Russian Institute for. Read more...

Russia Hog Market Report

  • 5 May 10:34

Russian pig price is currently recovering from the lows of a few weeks ago. Prices have increased by 10 Roubles per kg in both of the last 2 weeks and this week are at 112 Roubles per live kg, writes Simon Grey, Sales & Service Genesus Russia. The recent price dip was caused by several factors. The major reasons was Lent where many Russian’s do not eat meat, which obviously reduced demand in a market that is nearing self-sufficiency, on top of a general reduction in spending across the country. Today lent is coming to an end and temperatures are rising and people are again buying more pig meat. As always, being Russia there are conspiracy theories of. Read more...

Russia’s Agrofirma “Oktyabrskaya” Confirms SmartPro™ for Latest Expansion

  • 5 May 10:33

Agrofirma “Oktyabrskaya” is extending its poultry operations for the third time in succession, with the construction of a new SmartPro™ single-stage hatchery that will create 100 new jobs and produce 45 million eggs annually. The new hatchery, which will be located in the Republic of Mordovia, in Russia’s Lyambirskiy District, will include 10 SmartSetPro™ 6 and 18 SmartSetPro™ 4 setters, all equipped with Adaptive Metabolic Feedback (AMF™), to actively manage the environment in the setters for uniform embryonic development. The contract also includes Hatchery Automation Systems from Pas Reform, with a points-down precision. Read more...

Russia becomes the world's leading wheat exporter

  • 4 May 09:17

Russia has become the world leader in the export of wheat, surpassing the U.S. and Canada, the country's Minister of Agriculture Alexander Tkachev told journalists on April 28. According to Tkachev, Russia will supply about 25 million tons of wheat on the external market by the end of 2016. In 2015 Russia achieved record levels in the harvest of corn (13.2 million tons), rice (1.1 million tons), soybeans (2.7 million tons) and buckwheat (900,000 tons), the minister said. The total grain harvest amounted to 104.8 million tons in 2015. Russia’s position as a leading wheat exporter in 2016was reportedby The Wall Street Journal in February, citing data. Read more...

US record lowest Salmonella levels

  • 4 May 09:16

The prevalence of Salmonella in retail poultry in the United States is at its lowest level since testing began in 2002, plus there has been a reduction in this bacteria’s resistance to antibiotics important for human health. This is according to an interim report released by the US Food and Drug Administration. From January 2014 – June 2015, antimicrobial resistance in Salmonella isolated from raw retail meat and poultry was collected through theNational Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System (NARMS). In ground turkey, the prevalence of Salmonella has declined from a high of 19% in 2008 to 6% in 2014. Retail chicken over the same time period has. Read more...

EU Pig Prices: Quotations are Bobbing Up and Down – Recovering Soon?

  • 29 Apr 10:30

Nothing’s new on the western front. But related to the European pig slaughter market, nothing new suitable to change the course seems to come from any other direction. The pig slaughter quotations go on bobbing up and down throughout Europe on the level achieved. France closely approaches the Danes after slightly correcting the price to €1.32. The Danes currently are paying €1.33, still maintaining the top position in the European price structure of the five EU member countries most significant in pig keeping. The Spanish quotation was able to go up by one corrected cent. As to pork, the supply situation is quite comfortable. Taking a look at. Read more...

Miratorg gains Angus Beef certification

  • 29 Apr 10:29

Miratorg has become the first meat manufacturer outside North America to be certified in accordance with the standards. Read more...

Miratorg aiming for double meat output by 2020

  • 28 Apr 10:06

Russian pork giant Miratorg aims to double its meat production from a forecasted 500,000 tonnes in 2016 to 1 million tonnes in 2020. The investments should boost turnover to US$ 4-5 billion, being currently US$1.8 billion. For a large part, the increased meat output should be sold on the domestic market, Miratorg aims for an increase by about 400,000 tonnes. 2016 pork figures In first quarter of 2016, Miratorg produced 99,000 tonnes of pork, a 6% year-on-year increase. The company states that its main emphasis has been on efficiency improvement, pig feeding efficiency and cost reduction. This should all lead to a competitive advantage over Russian pork. Read more...