A new outbreak of African Swine Fever (ASF) has been reported on a pig operation in the Saratovskaya region. In total, one case was reported at the backyard pig operation. All six pigs on the farm have been. Read more...
Bilateral trade touched $55.9 billion in first ten months of 2015 Bilateral trade touched $55.9 billion in first ten months of 2015. Source: Reuters Sino-Russian bilateral trade in the first ten months of 2015 touched $55.9 billion, a fall of 29 percent from the same period a year ago. From January to October 2015, China’s exports to Russia stood at $28.46 billion, a fall of 35.7 percent from a year ago, while Imports from Russia fell by 20.7 percent and stood at $27.45 billion. The figures were released by China's Customs authorities on November 9. Analysts attribute the fall to. Read more...
Sombat Thiratrakoolchai, President of the Thai-Russian Chamber of Commerce (TRCC) talks to RBTH about the potential for bilateral trade and two-way investment between Russia and Thailand. Russia, Thailand planning to boost trade turnover from $5 billion to $10 billion by 2016. Source: Sergey Krasnouhov / RIA Novosti RBTH: When it comes to Russia-Thailand cooperation, what are the main challenges? The challenges at this point are the sluggish world economic outlook and the devaluation of the ruble due to low oil and gas prices. Tourist numbers from Russia to Thailand have fallen by half. I personally believe it will take few years to come back to a situation where. Read more...
Two of Russia’s largest pig producing companies, Agro-Belogorie and Miratorg are hoping to be allowed to export pork to China soon. Awaiting certification to export to China, both companies are being visited by specialists from theChinese General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine for inspection, the Russian veterinary watchdog Rosselkhoznadzor reported. Worries about ASF outbreaks Allegedly, Chinese experts are worried about African Swine Fever (ASF) outbreaks in Eastern Europe. The virus hit the Russian pig industry hard. Subsequently, the Chinese inspectors will check the biological security at the. Read more...
A new global round of country-driven agricultural censuses is set to begin in 2016, a large-scale, data collection process that will gather information and statistics on the world's agricultural sector. To support the process, FAO has published a set of updated guidelines to assist governments in carrying out their national-level agricultural censuses, tailored to various different country needs and capacities. This is the latest edition of guidelines which FAO provides every 10 years. These censuses are crucial for governments to implement evidence-based policies to foster agricultural and rural development, ensure access to land, improve food security and. Read more...
Major food commodity prices rose in October, spurred by weather-driven concerns about sugar and palm oil supplies.The FAO Food Price Index averaged nearly 162 points in October, up 3.9 per cent from September, while still down 16 percent from a year earlier. FAO's latestCerealSupply and Demand Brief slightly trimmed its October 2015 forecast for global cereal production and now projects production at 2.53 billion tonnes, 1.1 per cent below last year's record output. Half of the forecast cut reflected dimmer expectations about maize crops in India and Ukraine, mostly due to adverse weather. Drought in Thailand prompted a reduction in the seasonal. Read more...
Croquettes containing half the quantity of meat declared on the label, sulphites used to make minced beef look fresher and chicken sold as veal in kebabs are but a few of the deceptive practices unveiled in a new report. The European Consumer Organisation, known as BEUC, released the new report“Close-up on the meat we eat – Consumers want honest labels”, revealing the dishonesty in some meat labelling. Consumers have no option but to rely on food labels to help inform them in their purchasing decisions. However, are labels telling them the truth about what meat-based products such as burgers, sausages and pork satay are really made of? Based. Read more...
The Russian duck integration Donstar is reviving a great forgotten Russian tradition. It is bringing affordable duck meat back to the table of ordinary Russians. It’s growing popularity demands scaling up production and processing. The ducks are processed at a high capacity plant with a current capacity of 4,000 ducks per hour. (Photos: Marel Stork] Donstar is the name of the first large-scale duck meat manufacturer in Russia, situated in the Rostov region near Millerovo. The vertically integrated company produces a wide variety of duck products, known under the brand name “Utolina”. To process the ducks, the company teamed up with Marel Stork. Read more...
The share of imported poultry meat in Russia is expected to drop to 7% this year, compared to 10% in 2014, the head of the executive committee of the National Meat Association, Sergey Yushin has indicated. Experts suggest that reducing the supply of chicken meat from abroad has had a positive impact on the domestic market and the prices on chicken will decline. Increased poultry production efficiency "In general, we can say that the growth and production of poultry will continue. The production efficiency is increasing, largely due to the growing competition between Russian manufacturers. This year the volume of imports will not exceed 7%,". Read more...
Two new outbreaks of lumpy skin disease have been reported in village cattle. In total, of the 2102 cattle susceptible, 12 cases were reported. The cattle were kept in the villages ofDarg-Kokh and Kardzhin, inKirovsky. The source of. Read more...
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