World meat industry news

Vladimir Putin: despite all the sanctions, agricultural exports amounted to $41.6 billion

  • 19 May 11:48

Vladimir Putin: despite all the sanctions, agricultural exports amounted to $41.6 billion President Vladimir Putin, during a meeting on the progress of spring field work, said that Russia provides itself with all the main types of food. For grain, according to the head of state, this figure was 185.4%. Vladimir Putin stressed that, despite all the sanctions, agricultural exports amounted to $41.6 billion. “I would like to note that, in general, the Russian agro-industrial complex shows a very positive trend. Thus, according to the results of last year, the index of agricultural production amounted to 110.2%. A record grain harvest was harvested - almost 158 million tons," the president said. The head of state added that the figure is a record. Read more...

ASF Russia: government resumes unscheduled inspections of pig farms

  • 19 May 10:58

ASF Russia: government resumes unscheduled inspections of pig farms New outbreaks of African swine fever (ASF) forced the Russian Agricultural Ministry to resume unscheduled inspections of pig farms, Russian newspaper Izvestia disclosed. These were suspended several years ago. A spokesperson for the Ministry told the publication that the situation with ASF in the country remains tense. The virus keeps spreading among wild animals, and numerous farms have poor biological protection. He added that the Ministry developed an action plan to improve veterinary safety in the country but did not provide additional details. A biological weapon The step is believed to be a response to an appeal of the Social Consumer Initiative, submitted. Read more...

Russia to draw up blacklist of food manufacturers

  • 18 May 11:48

Russia to draw up blacklist of food manufacturers The Public Consumer Initiative, a consumer protection agency, is to compile a blacklist of food manufacturers that have been accused of food fraud at least twice. “The list is currently in work, and such a proposal was sent to the Rosselkhoznadzor, Rospotrebnadzor, and the Ministry of Industry and Trade. And we found support in every place. There are plans to make this list open to the general public so that both retailers that purchase products from suppliers and national services that purchase products for social institutions could make use of it,” Oleg Pavlov, chairman of the Public Consumer Initiative, said in an interview with. Read more...

Azerbaijan in 2022 was the main buyer of live sheep and goats in Russia

  • 18 May 11:46

Azerbaijan in 2022 was the main buyer of live sheep and goats in Russia The export of lamb and goat meat from the Russian Federation in 2022 amounted to 110 tons, which is almost two times less than in 2021 (210 tons), according to the presentation of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation presented at the round table, which was held as part of the Russian Exhibition of Pedigree Sheep and Goats in Kaspiysk on Tuesday. The main importers were the United Arab Emirates (63%) and Saudi Arabia (18%). According to the presentation, the export of live sheep and goats amounted to 55 thousand heads against 58.5 thousand heads a year earlier. The main buyers are Azerbaijan (68%), Jordan (21%), Lebanon and Georgia (4% each). At the. Read more...

Miratorg switches to domestic technical equipment

  • 18 May 11:42

Miratorg switches to domestic  technical equipment In 2022, the Miratorg agro-industrial holding replaced more than 2.6 thousand imported products in the technical systems of the company's plants with domestic counterparts, while the number of its own drawings last year exceeded 2 thousand units. The company began import substitution of suppliers of technical equipment for factories in 2020. The purpose of the transition to domestic developments was the need to reduce dependence on supplies and control the cost of equipment maintenance. The main areas of import substitution were metalworking, cutting tools, conveyors, plastic products, automation and control equipment. The total volume of maintenance operations. Read more...

The State Duma proposed to introduce a moratorium on increasing electricity tariffs for farmers

  • 17 May 11:10

The State Duma proposed to introduce a moratorium on increasing electricity tariffs for farmers State Duma Deputy Oleg Nilov (SRZP) sent an appeal to Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin with a request to introduce a moratorium on increasing electricity tariffs for farmers, writes 1prime.ru. "I ask you ... to consider the possibility of introducing a moratorium on increasing electricity tariffs for representatives of the military-industrial complex and the agro-industrial complex until the end of the SVO," the appeal says. As the parliamentarian notes in his address, in the current political and economic conditions, it is necessary to increase the production of agricultural products and reduce their cost. “It is unacceptable and dangerous for. Read more...

Marble mutton will be produced in the Voronezh region

  • 17 May 11:08

Marble mutton will be produced in the Voronezh region Marble lamb will soon appear on Voronezh counters. In the Ertilsky district, a meat breed of sheep, the Dorper, is specially bred for this purpose. Their distinguishing feature is the black color of the head. Rarely, but there are also pure white animals. These sheep are unpretentious in the choice of feed. On the run, they eat everything in their path, leaving only the stems. Because of this, breeders jokingly call them "harvesters". Dorper weight is gaining rapidly. Lambs add half a kilogram at once per day. Another plus is that this breed does not need to be sheared. Animals shed their hair during seasonal molting. The farm will soon build a sheepfold. Read more...

Russian pork exports to Vietnam doubled

  • 17 May 10:39

Russian pork exports to Vietnam doubled "Pork exports have started to recover, and this eases the situation with the oversaturation of the market," said Yuri Kovalev, head of the National Union of Pork Producers. In the first three months of this year, pork supplies to Vietnam more than doubled. Russian producers shipped 18.9 thousand tons of pork to this country, which is 127% more than in the first quarter of last year. Shipments of pork to Hong Kong more than doubled. "Due to the favorable situation on the global pork market, the depreciation of the ruble and domestic prices, exports to Vietnam and Hong Kong began to recover. The supplies of pork to Belarus continued to. Read more...

Russia developed a vaccine against African swine fever

  • 16 May 10:58

Russia developed a vaccine against African swine fever In Russia, a candidate vaccine strain has been developed that protects against the African swine fever (ASF) virus. The vaccine is considered one of the most dangerous diseases in animal husbandry, and positive results have been obtained during its development, the press service of the Ministry of Education and Science reported. The studies were carried out on the basis of the Federal State Budgetary Scientific Institution "Federal Research Center for Virology and Microbiology". The new vaccine should help reduce the number of outbreaks in Russia. The Ministry of Education and Science also told Agroinevstor that in 2022, in order to combine the. Read more...

Russians ordered 67 tons of meat for the May holidays

  • 16 May 10:55

Russians ordered 67 tons of meat for the May holidays Experts of the Pyaterochka. Delivery” found out how much meat and semi-finished products the Russians ordered during the holidays (from May 1 to May 10), where they cooked the most kebabs and what types of meat were in special demand. According to analytics, the demand for meat and semi-finished products during this period increased by almost 2.5 times. For the first 10 days of May, the Russians ordered 67 tons of meat, including semi-finished products, kupaty, barbecue in marinade, etc. The most common types of meat used in the preparation of shish kebab for the mass consumer are pork and beef, they are also part of popular semi-finished products and shish. Read more...