World meat industry news

Russia increased poultry meat exports to Saudi Arabia by 98%

  • 19 Oct 10:31

Russia increased poultry meat exports to Saudi Arabia by 98% The Veterinary and Life departmental publication of the Rosselkhoznadzor reports that, according to the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, from the beginning of the year to mid-October, the total volume of poultry meat supplies from Russia to Saudi Arabia increased by 98% year-on-year. Artem Daushev, assistant head of the Rosselkhoznadzor, spoke about the development of trade relations with the countries of the Persian Gulf at the plenary session in Riyadh dedicated to the opening of the international exhibition Saudi Agriculture 2022, which took place the day before, on October 17. The volume of deliveries of Russian beef to the market of Saudi Arabia in. Read more...

The Ministry of Agriculture banned feeding food waste to pigs

  • 19 Oct 10:28

The Ministry of Agriculture banned feeding food waste to pigs The Russian Ministry of Agriculture approved alterations to the veterinary requirements for the keeping of pigs, and veterinary regulations for combating African swine fever (ASF). The alterations will come into force on March 1, 2023. The document has beenpublishedat the official internet-portal of legal information.The key amendment, applied to the current veterinary requirements for the keeping of pigs (Decree 621 of the Ministry of Agricuture) is a ban on the use of food scraps in feeding these farm animals. “The use of food waste for feeding pigs is prohibited,” the amendments state. According to current veterinary regulations food waste can be. Read more...

The expert listed products that may rise in price in stores before the end of the year

  • 18 Oct 10:55

The expert listed products that may rise in price in stores before the end of the year For the past few months, inflation in Russia has been declining. On the shelves, some products become cheaper (seasonal fruits and vegetables), some, albeit more slowly, but continue to rise in price, for example, chicken eggs. About what to expect from prices in stores next, the Prime agency asked the associate professor of the Department of Statistics of the Russian Economic University named after. G.V. Plekhanov Olga Lebedinskaya. “If you look at the general dynamics of prices and inflation in the countries with which we have the highest trade turnover, then there are double-digit growth figures everywhere. In Belarus, they failed, as planned, to keep prices at the. Read more...

NUPB: wholesale prices for commercial pigs and pork continue to decline

  • 18 Oct 10:51

NUPB: wholesale prices for commercial pigs and pork continue to decline Last week, October 10-16, wholesale prices for pork continued to decline on the domestic market. It was traced across all product categories, except for brisket and trimming. According to the report of the National Union of Pig Breeders (NUPB), the average price of live pigs of slaughter condition in the 41st week of 2022 was 119.2 rubles per kilogram, which is 7.15 rubles less than in the 40th week (-5, eight%). Over the same period, half carcasses fell in price by 7.92 rubles per kilogram, to an average of 170.22 rubles (-4.6%), and pork ham - by 3.09 rubles: to 232.86 rubles (-1.3% ). According to the industry association, the fall in prices for pork is due to. Read more...

"Damate" launched the processing of lamb in the KChR

  • 18 Oct 10:46

"Damate" launched the processing of lamb in the KChR Russia's largest mutton processing plant Kavkaz-myaso opened in Karachay-Cherkessia. The enterprise was reconstructed by Damate Group of Companies with the support of the Russian Agricultural Bank (RSHB). The production capacity will be 25 thousand tons of meat per year. Rosselkhozbank invested 2.3 billion rubles in the project, and the total cost of the project amounted to 3.4 billion rubles, the bank's press service reports. According to the official announcement, the plant has an automation system from fattening to slaughter. According to the Chairman of the Board of Rosselkhozbank Boris Listov, the enterprise will provide the region with 500 new jobs. It is. Read more...

The number of cows decreased by 1.3%

  • 18 Oct 10:44

The number of cows decreased by 1.3% The number of cows in farms of all categories by the beginning of September 2022 was still below the level of the same period in 2021. It amounted to 7.83 million heads, having decreased by 1.3%, or 103 thousand heads. Including in agricultural organizations, the decrease was 0.5% or 17 thousand heads - up to 3.22 million heads. According to analysts, the largest reduction in livestock in agricultural organizations was noted in the Novosibirsk region (-7.7 thousand heads), the Republic of Bashkortostan (-7.6 thousand heads) and the Krasnoyarsk. Read more...

Experts reviewed the situation with imported and domestic livestock of cattle

  • 17 Oct 09:45

Experts reviewed the situation with imported and domestic livestock of cattle In August, a bill was submitted to the State Duma to extend zero VAT on the sale and import of breeding stock.Recall that the exemption is due to expire at the end of this year.But the authors of the initiative believe that it should be extended until December 31, 2025, primarily in order to achieve the country's food security. The explanatory note to the bill states that there is a shortage of highly productive breeding animals in Russia.The import of breeding young animals is steadily growing: for example, in 2021, 50.8 thousand heads were imported into the country, which is 17.6 thousand heads higher than in 2016. The performance indicators of cows of imported. Read more...

Enough hatching eggs will be produced in Russia for the first time

  • 17 Oct 09:43

Enough hatching eggs will be produced in Russia for the first time On October 14, a ban on the import of hatching eggs from the Czech Republic and the Netherlands into Russia due to bird flu comes into force. But the deficit in Russia is not expected. Literally in a year, we were able to increase our production so much that we began to export our hatching eggs. Rosselkhoznadzor explained this decision by the worsening situation with bird flu in European countries. According to the European ADIS system, over 4,000 avian influenza outbreaks were registered in eight months of 2022, and tens of millions of birds were killed. In the Netherlands, new outbreaks of avian influenza are reported by the competent authority almost every day.. Read more...

The expert called Africa a promising market for Russian meat

  • 17 Oct 09:40

The expert called Africa a promising market for Russian meat Africa's population will grow to 2.5 billion by 2050, while the continent has one of the lowest meat consumption rates, around 20-30 kg per person per year. Africa is a promising direction for the development of meat exports, where Russian suppliers need to gain a foothold, says Sergey Yushin, head of the National Meat Association. “What pleases this year is that we are expanding our geography, more and more covering African countries. We supply our meat to the southern hemisphere of the planet. This applies to pork and poultry meat,” the head of the association said in an interview with Veterinary and Life. He drew attention to the fact that it is difficult. Read more...

Russia has applied to the UN with a list of claims in connection with the food deal

  • 14 Oct 11:08

Russia has applied to the UN with a list of claims in connection with the food deal Russian Permanent Representative to the UN in Geneva Gennady Gatilov said in an interview with Reuters that Russia had sent a letter to UN Secretary General António Guterres with a list of claims in connection with the food deal. "If we see that nothing happens on the Russian side of the deal - the export of Russian grain and fertilizers - then I'm sorry, we will have to look at it differently," Gatilov said. In addition, he did not rule out that Russia may refuse to support the resumption of the deal due to its concerns. "There is such a possibility... We are not against the supply of grain, but this deal must be equal, it must be. Read more...