World meat industry news

Russian sausage producers are not threatened with a shortage of casings

  • 14 Feb 11:46

Russian sausage producers are not threatened with a shortage of casings The Russian Association of Plastic Processors reported that there are no problems with casings for sausages and sausages in the country, about 60% of which is plastic.Market participants denied the information about the shortage of casings for the production of sausages and frankfurters. According to representatives of the Russian Association of Plastic Processors, the segment is completely covered by Russian manufacturers, and the remaining types of casings are provided by suppliers from China, which also completely replaced the volumes imported from Europe. Earlier, there were reports in the media that, against the backdrop of sanctions restrictions, there was a shortage. Read more...

Pigs have fallen in price to a minimum for 2 years

  • 14 Feb 11:45

Pigs have fallen in price to a minimum for 2 years The wholesale price for live pigs in the week from February 6 to February 10, 2023 dropped by 4% to 98 rubles. per kg, according to the price monitoring agency AD Libitum. These are the minimum values since December 2020, when the cost of pigs also fell below 100 rubles. per kg. The cost of live pork and broiler carcasses in the wholesale sector traditionally decreases after the New Year's Eve growth amid increased demand, AD Libitium explains. According to the agency's forecasts, the trend will change before the holidays on February 23 and March 8. In 2018-2022 price growth also began in late February and early March, according to retrospective monitoring. Read more...

Turkey production up 3.5% in 2022

  • 14 Feb 11:43

Turkey production up 3.5% in 2022 The total volume of turkey meat production in Russia in 2022 on all farms increased by 3.5% to 414.5 thousand (hereinafter - in carcass weight). This is stated in the materials of the National Association of Turkey Growers and Agrifood Strategies. Detailed analytics on the turkey market will be presented next week, they specified. According to the results of last year, the Damate group again became the largest turkey producer in Russia, increasing production from 200 thousand tons to 215 thousand tons, follows from the rating. In January, the company reported that the positive dynamics was due to the systematic implementation of poultry projects in the Penza and Rostov. Read more...

Programs for the development of rabbit breeding and essential oil industry will be created in Crimea

  • 14 Feb 11:41

Programs for the development of rabbit breeding and essential oil industry will be created in Crimea In Crimea, programs for the development of rabbit breeding and the industry of essential oil crops will be developed in the near future. According to the director of the Research Institute of Agriculture of the region Vladimir Pashtetsky, the implementation of programs should begin in 2023 The Crimean authorities, together with the regional Scientific Research Institute of Agriculture (NIISKh), will soon develop programs for the development of rabbit breeding and the industry of essential oil crops. Vladimir Konstantinov, Chairman of the Republican Parliament, gave a corresponding instruction on Friday at an off-site meeting of the Committee of the State Council of. Read more...

“Damate” for the fifth time topped the rating of the largest turkey producers in Russia

  • 14 Feb 11:39

“Damate” for the fifth time topped the rating of the largest turkey producers in Russia At the end of 2022, Damate topped the ranking of the largest turkey producers for the fifth time in a row, annually released by Agrifood Strategies and NAPI. At the end of 2022, the Damate group of companies for the fifth year in a row topped the rating of the largest Russian turkey producers, annually released by the AgrifoodStrategies agency and the National Association of Turkey Producers (NAPI). According to the agency, the total production of turkey meat in Russia amounted to 415 thousand tons in carcass weight, which is 3.6% more than in 2021. According to the rating of the top 5 companies, they produced 345.1 thousand tons of turkey meat, their share in the. Read more...

GC "Damate" increased export turnover by 60%

  • 10 Feb 11:11

GC "Damate" increased export turnover by 60% In 2022, Damate Group of Companies sold poultry products, such as turkey and duck, to more than 30 countries. The export turnover of the company amounted to 3.7 billion rubles. The Damate group of companies is engaged in the export of its own poultry products in 2015, the company said. As of 2023, exports have been established to the EU countries and 33 other countries of the world, while in 2022 export trade turnover increased by 60%. African countries in total are the largest export destination, they account for more than half of all exports, the company explained, traditionally a lot of goods are also shipped to China and the UAE. The company's products are also. Read more...

A large pig-breeding complex is being built in the Kurgan region

  • 10 Feb 11:07

A large pig-breeding complex is being built in the Kurgan region Kurganskoye LLC is implementing a major investment project in the Ketovsky district of the Kurgan region. At the end of 2023, the company plans to put into operation a pig farm designed to produce 5,000 tons of pork in live weight. Currently, the number of pigs in Kurganskoye LLC is about 9,000. There is a complex for 650 sows, a feed mill, as well as a slaughter and meat cutting workshop, where more than 100 people work. The construction of the second stage for 1.3 thousand sows started last year. The total investment in this project exceeded 1 billion rubles. Equipment for the pig farm was purchased with support from the regional budget in the amount of. Read more...

Russia increased the export of poultry meat by 19%

  • 10 Feb 11:06

Russia increased the export of poultry meat by 19% For 11 months of 2022, the Russian Federation exported 323.3 thousand tons of poultry meat, which is 19% more than in the corresponding period of the previous year, according to the presentation of the National Poultry Union at the Interregional Agro-Industrial Conference in Chelyabinsk on Wednesday. Moreover, the share of poultry meat accounted for a significant part of the total supply of Russian meat abroad. Their volume amounted to 499.6 thousand tons (5% more). As Sergey Lakhtyukhov, Director General of the Union, stated at the conference, exports are growing despite the sanctions pressure associated with restrictions on logistics and. Read more...

The authorities are discussing with the business a one-time voluntary contribution from the profits for 2022

  • 9 Feb 11:34

The authorities are discussing with the business a one-time voluntary contribution from the profits for 2022 The authorities are discussing with business a one-time voluntary contribution to the budget from the profits received in a financially successful 2022, this is not about raising taxes, but about a payment in the "windfall tax" format, said First Deputy Prime Minister Andrey Belousov. According to Rosstat, in the first half of 2022, Russian enterprises received a balanced profit (profit minus loss) in the amount of 16.6 trillion rubles, 32% more than in the same period of 2021. In the second half of the year, the dynamics worsened somewhat, and for 9 months the balance amounted to 20.2 trillion rubles, already slightly less than in the same period of 2021 - by. Read more...

Russians eat more meat

  • 9 Feb 11:32

Russians eat more meat The Russians began to eat more meat. Thus, in 2021, the consumption of meat and meat products per person averaged 93.7 kg per year. This is more than in 2019 (90.5 kg). Paragraph got acquainted with such information of Rosstat. According to the agency, in a number of regions people eat especially a lot of meat. In particular, in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug (an average of 143.4 kg per consumer per year), Tyumen (128.9 kg) and Tula (119.8 kg) regions. Belgorod (117.1 kg) and Kaliningrad (114.9 kg) regions follow. The minimum consumption of meat products was recorded among residents of Karachay-Cherkessia (63.5 kg), Chuvashia (65.2 kg) and the Republic of Tuva (66.7. Read more...