World meat industry news

The price of chicken meat in Russia broke a historical record in July

  • 1 Aug 11:09

The price of chicken meat in Russia broke a historical record in July In July, the average price of a kilogram of chicken meat reached 196.93 rubles, which is a historical record. This became known from Rosstat data. According to the department’s statistics, the current cost of chicken is much higher than the previous high in April 2022 — 190.85 rubles per kg. In June, the average cost of a chicken was 193.48 rubles, it increased by 6.8% over the month. According to the analytics company Emeat, chicken is sold at higher prices in stores. So, a chicken carcass in June in retail cost an average of 270 rubles per kg. The price range is quite extensive - from 200 to 350 rubles per kilogram, said Lyubov Savkina, CEO. Read more...

Russia slightly increased meat production in the first half of the year

  • 1 Aug 11:08

Russia slightly increased meat production in the first half of the year During the first half of this year, the production of meat products in Russian farms of all categories increased by 2.7 percent or 138 thousand tons to 5.335 million tons in carcass weight. Most of it was poultry meat - 47 percent. In exact figures, this amounted to 2.527 million tons in slaughter and 3.438 million tons in live weight. This is one and a half percent higher than in the same period last year. The share of agricultural organizations (hereinafter, the indicator in slaughter weight is indicated) accounted for 2.404 million tons (+1.6 percent). However, in households and farms, the output of this product decreased by 0.2 and 2.3 percent - to 103 and. Read more...

More than 200 b2b negotiations on food supplies took place within the framework of the Russia-Africa Forum

  • 1 Aug 11:08

More than 200 b2b negotiations on food supplies took place within the framework of the Russia-Africa Forum The delegation of the Ministry of Agriculture of Russia and the Federal Center "Agroexport" took part in the Economic and Humanitarian Forum Russia-Africa, held on July 27-28 in St. Petersburg. The forum events brought together the leading Russian manufacturers and exporters of food products, the largest industry unions and associations, heads of federal and regional authorities. An exhibition exposition was organized at the forum site, where more than 30 leading companies from the main sectors of the domestic agro-industrial complex presented their products. Among them are OZK, Trade House Rif, Grain Gates, Efko, Blago, Rusagro, Miratorg, GAP. Read more...

Foodsharing experiments continue in Russia

  • 31 Jul 11:22

Foodsharing experiments continue in Russia The trading network "Magnit", the largest retailer in Russia in terms of the number of stores, announced the start of testing the gratuitous transfer of expired food products for socially vulnerable citizens based on hypermarkets and supermarkets in five cities: Tula, Krasnodar, Rostov-on-Don, Yelets (Lipetsk region) and Izhevsk (Udmurtia). “Magnit launched the food-sharing program a year ago, in July 2022,” the company’s press service told Agroinvestor. - The project was deployed in Moscow and then in St. Petersburg on the basis of dark stores - "stores without customers" for the collection of online orders. During this time, the. Read more...

The President of Russia extended the restrictive measures in foreign trade for 2 years at once

  • 31 Jul 11:21

The President of Russia extended the restrictive measures in foreign trade for 2 years at once The effect of restrictive measures in foreign trade, introduced by a presidential decree of March 8, 2022 "in order to ensure the security of the Russian Federation and the smooth functioning of industry", was extended immediately for two years - until December 31, 2025. In the original version of the document, the special measures were limited to 31 December 2023. The items of last year's decree, which have been extended, provide for a ban or restriction on the export from Russia and / or import into its territory of products and raw materials according to the lists determined by the Government, as well as the establishment of increased rates of. Read more...

Compound feed in Russia fell by 19% in the first half of 2023

  • 31 Jul 11:20

Compound feed in Russia fell by 19% in the first half of 2023 In January-June 2023, average producer prices for compound feed decreased by 19% compared to the same period last year and reached 21.1 rubles per kilogram. Such data are provided in the materials of the analytical agency FEEDLOT. The most significant decline over the year was noted in the Central, Urals and Volga Federal Districts - by 21% on average. At the same time, the highest prices are observed in the Far Eastern District - 27.1 rubles per kilogram, the growth for six months amounted to 5.1%. The lowest prices are offered by Siberian producers - 18 rubles per kilogram, the price in the region has dipped by 15.2% year-on-year. The producers' price for. Read more...

Russia decided to become the world's largest exporter of pork

  • 28 Jul 12:06

Russia decided to become the world's largest exporter of pork Russia not only got rid of import dependence on pork, but also actively increases its export. Strong export growth in the first half of the year promises a record high in 2023. Russia's next ambitious goal is to become one of the top five pork exporters in the world. Under what condition will it be achievable? In the first six months of 2023, Russia shipped over 74 thousand tons of pork and pork offal abroad, which is 57% more than in the same period last year in physical terms and 86% more in monetary terms. This was reported in the federal center for the development of exports of Russian agricultural products (Agroexport, owned by the Ministry. Read more...

Analysis of the duck meat market in Russia

  • 28 Jul 12:04

Analysis of the duck meat market in Russia According to the “Analysis of the duck meat market in Russia”, prepared by BusinesStat in 2023, in 2020-2022, its sales in the country increased by 3.1 times and amounted to 35.5 thousand tons in 2022. The driver of sales growth was the growing interest of Russians to non-traditional types of poultry meat for the domestic market, since the market for traditional chicken meat has almost reached saturation. The rapid growth in sales in 2020-2022 is also explained by the fact that this growth was of a recovery nature. In 2019, the level of sales of duck meat was very low - 11.5 thousand tons, which is 41% less than in 2018. The drop in sales in 2019 was due to. Read more...

Russia and the World Food Program are preparing a new partnership agreement

  • 28 Jul 12:02

Russia and the World Food Program are preparing a new partnership agreement Russia and the World Food Program (WFP) in the UN system are preparing a new agreement on strategic partnership. This was announced by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergei Vershinin. “We are now discussing the conclusion of a new agreement on strategic partnership between Russia and WFP. The draft document is in the WFP secretariat with our amendments. We are waiting for a response from the organization. And we believe that the sooner this document is signed, the better. [WFP Executive Director Cindy] McCain confirmed to me the desire to continue our interaction, including on the basis of this document," Sergey Vershinin said. He. Read more...

Sanctions against the Russian Federation will lead to catastrophic consequences for food sector

  • 27 Jul 10:57

Sanctions against the Russian Federation will lead to catastrophic consequences for food sector Sanctions against Russia threaten catastrophic consequences for the global food sector. This was stated by Secretary of the Security Council (SC) of the Russian Federation Nikolai Patrushev at a meeting in Johannesburg, South Africa, of high representatives of the BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa). The Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation noted that, according to the UN, there is currently no acute shortage of food. "The situation is aggravated by the unprecedented sanctions war being waged against Russia, which threatens with catastrophic consequences for the global food sector," said Patrushev,. Read more...