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Russia, Turkmenistan To Launch Container Service Along INSTC

  • 24 Oct 10:16

Russia, Turkmenistan To Launch Container Service Along INSTC Russia and Turkmenistan are planning to launch a regular container service along the International North-South Transportation Corridor (INSTC), according to Oleg Belozerov, the CEO of Russian Railways. Turkmenistan officially joined the INSTC last monthand has a Caspian Sea Port at Turkmenbashi, which provides rail access to Uzbekistan and further east to China. Russia’s Caspian sea ports are on the Caspian northern coast in the Astrakhan region and additionally provide shipping access to the massive Volga River. The INSTC also bisects Iran from its Caspian sea ports at Chabahar and Bandar Abbas on the Persian Gulf and connects with the Middle East, East. Read more...

Annual inflation in Russia continues to slow down

  • 21 Oct 09:08

Annual inflation in Russia continues to slow down By October 17, inflation in Russia in annual terms slowed down to 13.1% from 13.36% a week earlier, according to the review of the Ministry of Economic Development "On the current price situation." According to Rosstat, weekly inflation in Russia slowed slightly to 0.02% from 0.03% a week earlier, from the beginning of the year to October 17, consumer prices rose by 10.55%. Prices for food products increased by 0.08% over the week, which was mainly due to the acceleration of the seasonal rise in prices for fruits and vegetables. For other food products, prices have been falling for the second week in a row. The increase in prices for fruits and vegetables. Read more...

Head of the National Meat Association told about the dynamics of prices for poultry meat in Russia

  • 21 Oct 09:05

Head of the National Meat Association told about the dynamics of prices for poultry meat in Russia Head of the National Meat Association Yushin: poultry prices in Russia will remain about the same. Poultry meat prices will remain approximately the same for the time being - such a forecast was given by the head of the National Meat Association Sergey Yushin on Sputnik radio. According to him, the prices for chicken meat today are lower than a year earlier. "In general, the prices for the main parts of the chicken carcass - both for the drumstick, and for the thigh, and so on - today are noticeably lower than a year ago. In principle, our carcass has not risen in price since the beginning of the year," Yushin noted. He clarified that there was a surge. Read more...

Enough feed for livestock this winter

  • 21 Oct 08:49

Enough feed for livestock this winter Despite some alarming reports from the regions about problems with the harvesting of green fodder, which appeared a few months ago, now the situation has improved. With stocks, everything is fine, both in the country as a whole and in the regions. It is interesting that in the summer the forage producers were even able to set records. For example, in August of this year, 233,000 tons of vegetable feed were produced in Russia. This is 20% more than a year earlier. “But August was not as remarkable as July 2022, when the production of vegetable feed shot up, and grew by almost 50% in a month, and on an annualized basis, the increase was 78%,” FEEDLOT,. Read more...

No need for parallel food imports in Russia

  • 21 Oct 08:47

No need for parallel food imports in Russia Russia will not need parallel food imports. According to Interfax, Oksana Lut, deputy head of the Russian Ministry of Agriculture, spoke about this at the plenary session of the Made in Russia forum. According to her, our country is capable of producing everything, and in the absence of any brand, a domestic analogue from a local company can easily appear. The Deputy Minister also announced her readiness to supply food to needy countries herself. "We have everything. Come to us, take it, we will sell everything, the main thing is that everyone is full and fed,” said Lut. The Deputy Minister called whiskey an exception. According to her, parallel deliveries. Read more...

Cherkizovo plans to keep the production of jamon at the level of last year in 2022-2023

  • 20 Oct 11:10

Cherkizovo plans to keep the production of jamon at the level of last year in 2022-2023 In 2022-2023, the Cherkizovo Group plans to maintain the production of jamon at least at the level of the previous year. This was announced to journalists by the director of processing of the enterprise "PIT-Product" Mariusz Levoc. “Demand for these products is high and exceeds supply. In the coming years, the company will maintain production at the level of 2021 - at least 28,000 feet per year,” he said. Cherkizovo launched the production of jamon in March 2016. Then, according to Levoca, 800 legs for jamon were released. In 2017, the PIT-product plant in Sinyavino (Leningrad region) received the Spanish ETG Serrano quality certificate, and. Read more...

Saudi Arabia is interested in expanding the supply of livestock products from Russia

  • 20 Oct 11:08

Saudi Arabia is interested in expanding the supply of livestock products from Russia Saudi Arabia is interested in expanding supplies of livestock products from Russia, including lamb and venison. This is stated in the message of Rosselkhoznadzor. As noted in the department, Rosselkhoznadzor discussed with the State Food and Drug Administration of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (SFDA) the issues of access of Russian products of animal origin to the KSA domestic market. "SFDA has expressed serious interest in importing Russian mutton. The competent authority assured the service of its readiness to provide maximum assistance in increasing the supply of this type of product to the territory of the kingdom," the report says. According. Read more...

Russia reports 116 ASF outbreaks since the beginning of the year

  • 20 Oct 11:02

Russia reports 116 ASF outbreaks since the beginning of the year According to Data Processing Center of Rosselkhoznadzor, the number of African swine fever (ASF) outbreaks in Russia reached 116 between January 1 and October 17, 2022. It is specified, that 63 outbreaks were registered in farm animals, and 53 in wildlife. The greatest number of outbreaks was recorded this year in the Kostroma region (10 cases on pig farms and 11 in wild hogs) and the Kaliningrad region (7 cases on pig farms and 9 in wild hogs). Information note African swine fever (ASF) is a severe, highly contagious viral disease of domestic and wild pigs with a 100% mortality rate. There is no specific treatment or effective vaccine forASF. Following a. Read more...

Russian lawmaker calls for poultry meat import embargo

  • 20 Oct 10:16

Russian lawmaker calls for poultry meat import embargo Russia needs to create a state reserve of meat products and fully ban meat imports, including from the countries considered friendly, to balance the domestic poultry and pork markets, Yevgeny Savchenko, a Russian senator, said. “Firstly, we will create a strategic food reserve urgently needed in the current situation. Secondly, the surplus of poultry and pork, which is about 1 million tonnes, will be secured by domestic sales not dependent on external restrictions,” Savchenko said, adding that the government must create “an effective anti-inflationary intervention tool for regulating prices in the meat products market for the future”. The ban. Read more...

"Damate" develops sales of breeding stock

  • 19 Oct 10:46

"Damate" develops sales of breeding stock "Damate" increases sales of breeding cattle from its own breeding reproducer in the Tyumen region. In 2023, it is planned to sell about 800 heads of highly productive animals. To this end, the company has expanded the capacity of its production sites with two open yards. The Damate group of companies continues to develop livestock breeding and increases sales of highly productive cattle from its own breeding farm in the Tyumen region. In 2023, the company plans to sell about 800 breeding animals. To this end, the company expanded the capacity of its production sites by building two outdoor livestock pens. Work on breeding breeding animals is carried out on the. Read more...