World meat industry news

Pork in Russia has risen in price after 12 months of falling prices

  • 22 May 09:12

Pork in Russia has risen in price after 12 months of falling prices In April 2023, pork (excluding boneless meat) cost an average of 307.40 rubles/kg, which is 1.5% more than in the previous month and 3.8% less than in April 2022. Since the beginning of the year, the price of this product has increased by 0.3%. For the period from January 2021, the minimum price for pork (except for boneless meat) was fixed in January 2021 - 270.74 rubles / kg, SoyaNews notes; maximum - in March 2022 - 320.06 rubles / kg. The most expensive pork in April 2023 was sold in the Far Eastern Federal District (367.15 rubles/kg), the cheapest - in the Volga. Read more...

Agricultural trade between Russia and Saudi Arabia has doubled since the beginning of the year

  • 22 May 09:11

Agricultural trade between Russia and Saudi Arabia has doubled since the beginning of the year The volume of mutual trade in agricultural products and food products between Russia and Saudi Arabia doubled in January-April 2023, according to the Telegram channel of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation following a meeting between the head of the ministry, Dmitry Patrushev, and the head of the State Organization for Food Security, Ahmad Al-Fares. "This year, the positive dynamics continues: in four months, the volume of mutual trade has already more than doubled," the report says. Last year, the turnover of agricultural products and foodstuffs between the countries reached record levels. About 70% of trade is in grain, and the export. Read more...

Russian beef price rises for the eighth month in a row

  • 22 May 09:08

Russian beef  price rises for the eighth month in a row In April 2023, beef (excluding boneless meat) in Russia cost an average of 490.62 rubles / kg - 0.4% more than in the previous month, and 4.5% more than in April 2022. Since the beginning of the year, the price has increased by 1.0%. For the period from January 2021, the minimum price for beef was fixed in January 2021 - 362.22 rubles / kg, SoyaNews notes; maximum - in April 2023: 490.62 rubles / kg. The most expensive beef in April 2023 was sold in the Central Federal District (560.23 rubles/kg), the cheapest - in the. Read more...

Russian agriculture set a record increase in production since 2011

  • 19 May 11:49

Russian agriculture set a record increase in production since 2011 In 2022, the index of agricultural production amounted to 110.2%, Rosselkhozbank reports. This means that compared to the previous year, farmers produced 10.2% more agricultural products. This is the highest figure since 2011, when the index was 122.3%. Rosselkhozbank notes that crop production was the main driver of the result for 2022, the press service of the bank reports. Russian crop growers have harvested record harvests of grains (157.7 million tons, +29.9% by 2021) and oilseeds (29.1 million tons, +17% by 2021). The greenhouse business also showed a record result (1.6 million tons, + 8.1% by 2021). An increase was also noted in animal husbandry, where the main. Read more...

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...