World meat industry news

Ukraine’s MHP reports export rise in Middle East and Africa

  • 21 Apr 11:20

One of Ukraine’s largest poultry producers, MHP, has reported meat exports to the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) increased significantly in the. Read more...

Russia's pork imports rise amid low global prices

  • 20 Apr 10:04

Despite strong government measures towards establishing an import substitution program, Russia imported 39,000 tonnes (t) of pork in the. Read more...

Russian meat firm Miratorg expects weak rouble to help triple sales

  • 20 Apr 10:03

Russian meat producer Miratorg plans to launch new business lines, boost exports and triple sales within five years as the weaker rouble makes it more competitive locally and abroad, its co-owner and President Viktor Linnik told Reuters. Russia's biggest producer of pork and beef, Miratorg is among the winners from Russia's restrictions on European and U.S. meat imports imposed in retaliation against Western sanctions over Moscow's role in the Ukraine conflict. "Now that the rouble is worth what it should be, any production in Russia has become much more profitable," Linnik, who founded and owns Miratorg together with his brother, Alexander, told. Read more...

Canada Pork Markets

  • 19 Apr 11:15

Last commentary I showed the significant numbers of SEW/feeder pigs and market hogs making the trek to the US Midwest from Canada in the first six weeks of 2016, writes Bob Fraser, Sales & Service Genesus Ontario. The chart below updates that information now for the first twelve weeks of 2016 and also includes the movement of the Canadian dollar over the same period as compared to the previous year. SEW/feeder pigs are now up 12.04% year over year, with the west (primarily Manitoba) up 7.08% and the east (primarily Ontario) up a whopping 30.16%. Market hogs up 6.55% year over year, with the west (primarily Manitoba) flat at 0.18% and the east (primarily Ontario). Read more...

Russia: ASF is a never-ending story

  • 19 Apr 11:14

African Swine Fever appears to be a never-ending story for Russia’s pig industry, as the virus has been observed to be very persistent and difficult to eradicate. Regional inspectors have noted that the disease often returns to regions where it occurred several years ago, in regions where ASF seems to be already defeated. On 15 June 15 2015, for instance, one ASF outbreak was detected at small farms in the Vladimir region, where the virus had not been detected since 2013. Wild boars as source of the outbreak? After a short investigation, wild boars were identified as plausible cause for the outbreak. It remains to be seen, however, how they could. Read more...

Pork trade ban with Russia may be a lasting one

  • 18 Apr 12:41

The trade conflict between the European Union (EU) and Russia is likely to become a lasting one, despite the World Trade Organization (WTO) having intervened. The trade conflict between the European Union (EU) and Russia is likely to become a lasting one, despite the World Trade Organization (WTO) having intervened. Recently,WTOexperts expressed their opinions on the Russian ban on EU pork. The import ban was implemented by Russia when African Swine Fever (ASF) was confirmed in 4 eastern EU countries, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia and Poland. Unclear for now is the exact details of the WTO report – the confidential document was only sent to the parties involved. Read more...

Europe ‘confident’ on Mercosur deal, despite claims it hurts beef

  • 18 Apr 12:39

The European Commission has responded to criticism over its proposed deal with South American trade bloc Mercosur by claiming the outcome will. Read more...

EU Pig Prices: Markets Balanced – Steady Quotations

  • 15 Apr 08:34

Last week, the European pig slaughter market got ever steadier.Most of the countries recorded unchanged quotations in the EU pig price comparison. The supply pressure that had formed over Easter could be sold meanwhile. Thus, the markets got back to being balanced. With just one exception: The Austrians did not yet succeed in freeing themselves from the backlog supply resulting from over the Easter holiday. On top of that, bargain offers from abroad exerted pressure on the domestic market. According to what a French market observer says, the French market seems to be relieved in connection with the German quotation’s sideward movement. Alternatively, the prices. Read more...

China Pork Markets

  • 15 Apr 08:33

After the huge culling of sows in China in 2015 due to consistent low pork price, by as many as 10 million sows (according to RaboBank) the price slaughterhouses have been paying for animals has soared from August 2015, writes Alex Kovachevich, General Manager Genesus China. See graph below from Bloomberg August 18, 2015 According to China’s tech-food.com the price for pork in the last week of March 2016 was still over 20/KG (3.09USD/KG)! As is the norm, prices in the South West have been the highest, this observer takes the opinion that a combination of high population and a lower supply of corn causing this extra high price in the Sichuan. Read more...

Outlook for EU pork trade resumption with Russia not ‘positive’

  • 14 Apr 11:36

In an address to the European Parliament on Tuesday 12 April, European agriculture commissioner Phil Hogan said the response from Russia to reignite pork trade dialogue had. Read more...