The international trade fair AgroExpoSiberia is the ideal platform to enter the Siberian market

Read More...

Recent leaps forward in cattle farming are largely thanks to a government policy initiative called Development of Beef Cattle.

Read More...

After more than five successful years in Russia, Arla has purchased the last 25 pct. of the joint venture that controls its Russian activities.

Read More...

Economic growth across the CIS region is likely to pick up in 2013, according to the latest World Economic Outlook (WEO) released by the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

Read More...

Livestock breeders face government changes to breeding rules hoped to improve relations between stock-men and regulate Russian pedigree breeding.

Read More...

Damaging diseases such as Anthrax are being successfully monitored and managed by Regional Veterinary Authorities, the government has announced.

Read More...

The large-scale shooting of wild boars has begun in the central part of Russia.

Read More...

The Siberian Agrarian Group will construct a large pig farm with the feed mill in the Nizhnetavdinskoye area of the Tumen region , central Siberia, said the company.

Read More...

Last year was the best ever for U.S. beef exports to Russia ($307 million), and a very strong year for U.S. pork exports ($282 million).

Read More...

Thad Lively, U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF) senior president for trade access, recently returned from Russia, where he attended the World Food Moscow food exhibition and met with trade officials and meat industry leaders to discuss the current business climate for U.S. pork and beef.

Read More...

Russian Prime Minister, Dmitry Medvedev, was not pleased about retail pork prices being high despite the country's membership to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and instructed the government to consider ways of changing this situation, said the Russian government.

Read More...

A Russian ban on Spanish chilled meats went into effect on March 29, while the import of all animal products was tightened on April 18.

Read More...

The fast food sector in Russia is set for further growth, with McDonald’s planning to open a further 150 stores in the country over the next three years, according to the company’s president for Russia and Eastern Europe, Meat and Livestock Australia reports.

Read More...

About 25 pigs were recently found dead on the pig farm Berkut in the Republic of Udmurtia central Russia. According to preliminary experts it could be due to Classical Swine Fever.

Read More...

According to operational results in the first quarter of 2013, Russian pork and feed producer Miratorg announced that it is currently implementing a number of project in the area of poultry growing that will allow it to significantly boost the production of poultry meat.

Read More...

Eurodon, one of Russia's largest producers and processors of turkey meat, produced 39,600 tonnes of turkey meat in live weight last year, a 16% increase on the previous year.

Read More...

The recently entered ban on US turkey meat imports on concerns about the use of ractopamine will be long term, Russian officials claim.

Read More...

Russian Company Cameo-Alpha has announced the implementation of the largest turkey production facility in the region of Novgorod and one of the largest in Russia.

Read More...

According to operational results in the first quarter of 2013, Russian pork and feed producer Miratorg announced that it is currently implementing a number of project in the area of poultry growing that will allow it to significantly boost the production of poultry meat.

Read More...

According to operational results in the first quarter of 2013, Russian pork producer and feed agricultural holding Miratorg continues to show an increase in production volume.

Read More...

Russia plans to ban meat imports from most Canadian and Mexican suppliers starting Monday (April 8) over concerns about the use of the feed additive ractopamine, a spokesman for Russia's veterinary and phytosanitary service (VPSS) said Friday.

Read More...

According to the chief of Russia's Mufti Council’s International Center for Halal Standardization and Certification, halal products from Tsaritsyno meat processing plant in Moscow will be examined in laboratories in Malaysia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) following recent reports of detection of pig DNA in them.

Read More...

The Moscow Times reports that since Russia's membership into the WTO last August, wholesale pork prices have gone down 30 per cent, which has paved the way for an increase in cheaper imports.

Read More...

About 25 pigs were recently found dead on the pig farm Berkut in the Republic of Udmurtia central Russia. According to preliminary experts it could be due to Classical Swine Fever.

Read More...

Cherkizovo Group, Russia’s largest integrated and diversified meat producer, has announced that is has finalised the acquisition of the Dankov meat processing plant for 38.5 million rubles.

Read More...

Topigs has announced the appointment of Alexandr Ievlev DVM as general manager of Topigs CIS in Russia with effect from 5 April 2013.

Read More...

Russia is reportedly preparing to widen its ban on beef imports, with meat suppliers from Canada and Mexico likely to bear the brunt of further bans.

Read More...

According to operational results in the first quarter of 2013, Russian pork producer and feed agricultural holding Miratorg continues to show an increase in production volume.

Read More...

Russia's Veterinary and Phyto-Sanitary Surveillance Service (Rosselhoznadzor) last week (March, 22) reported suspected outbreaks of African Swine Fever (ASF) at Cherkizovo units, while the meat producer said independent tests had come back clean.

Read More...

The Russian Service of Agricultural Inspection and Livestock (SIAG) announced on Tuesday that it will reduce frozen meat imports from Spain, if the country fails to meet veterinary requirements by April 12.

Read More...

Russia has approved imports of poultry from two processing plants in Brazil, in a concrete first step towards lifting a ban on meat from three southern Brazilian states, Brazil's agriculture ministry recently.

Read More...

Russia’s biggest grain growing and exporting region will have sufficient moisture this month to support spring sowing even with below-average precipitation forecast, according to the Federal Hydrometeorological Center.

Read More...

The Russian Agricultural Bank has agreed to loan US$350 million to Poultry Akashevskaya to expand its facility in the Mari El Republic.

Read More...

In the past few years, city-dwelling Russians have developed a strong interest in healthier and organic food, according to Emily Balsamo from the Moscow Office of Bord Bia – Irish Food Board.

Read More...

The Russian veterinary authorities have reported three new outbreaks of foot and mouth disease in Zabaykalsky Krai, affecting goat/sheep, pig and cattle populations.

Read More...

In the village of Molodezhny, in Priargunsky district a new type of Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) has been discovered.

Read More...

Canadian and Mexican meat will be banned from this week

Read More...

African Swine Fever outbreaks in 2012 have been the worst yet in Russia, with over half a million pigs having fallen victim to the disease and subsequently culled. It is hard to pinpoint causes, but lack of biosecurity knowledge appears to be part of the problem.

Read More...

Samples taken from six domestic pigs which died at a private pig farm in Ramonova village, Alagir area and from a pig from a farm in the Nart Ardon area showed positive results for African Swine Fever (ASF), reported Julia Starchenko, head of the press service of the Ministry of Emergency of Russia Department for North Ossetia.

Read More...

Pig DNA has been found in sausages produced at a halal meat processing plant in Moscow, testing results revealed.

Read More...

Russia's production of beef, pork and poultry was up in February, compared with year-earlier levels, the Bloomberg news service reports, quoting data released by the Russian statistical agency Rosstat.

Read More...

Russia's Veterinary and Phyto-Sanitary Surveillance Service (VPSS) Rosselkhoznador, has officially confirmed that no African swine fever (ASF) could be found at any Cherkizovo pork facilities in the Penza and Tambov regions.

Read More...

Russia has said to the US that it can only restart exports of meat, including pork, to the Russian federation if it supplies additional information about laboratory controls to confirm that ractopamine is not used in production.

Read More...

“Turkey production in Russia boomed in 2012”, stated Vladimir Fisinin, President of the Russian Union of Poultry Farmers speaking at a recent conference.

Read More...

Cherkizovo Group, Russia’s largest meat company, reports that Russia's Veterinary and Phyto-Sanitary Surveillance Service (VPSS) officially confirmed that no African Swine Fever (ASF) could be found at any Cherkizovo pork facilities in the Penza and Tambov regions.

Read More...

The Russian veterinary authorities have reported an outbreak of foot and mouth disease in Zabaykalsky Krai, affecting cattle, sheep/goats and swine populations.

Read More...

The Russian veterinary authorities believe that an outbreak of foot and mouth disease that occurred in Transbaikal came from neighbouring China.

Read More...

The challenges being experienced by the Russian pig meat sector are likely to accelerate the consolidation of a fragmented pork industry, according to a report by the credit ratings company Moody's, writes Chris Harris.

Read More...

A new outbreak of African swine fever (ASF) has been recently discovered among wild boars on the hunting territory of Sholokhovskoe in the Tver region, according to a report by the Russian veterinary watchdog Rosselkhoznadzor.

Read More...

The Russian veterinary authorities have reported an outbreak of foot and mouth disease in Zabaykalsky Krai, affecting cattle, sheep/goats and swine populations.

Read More...

Cherkizovo Group, Russia’s largest integrated and diversified meat producer, announces full-year audited financial results for the period ending 31 December 2012.

Read More...

Russian meat integrated meat and poultry processor Cherkizovo has seen revenues increased by 14 per cent in rubles, and increased by seven per cent on a US Dollar basis to $1,581.7 million in 2012 from $1,472.6 million for 2011.

Read More...

Cherkizovo Group, Russia’s largest integrated and diversified meat producer, announces full-year audited financial results for the period ending 31 December 2012.

Read More...

Two new outbreaks of African Swine Fever (ASF) have been recently reported in Russia in the wild nature, said the message of Russian veterinary watchdog Rosselkhoznadzor.

Read More...

The Russian veterinary authorities have reported an outbreak of foot and mouth disease in Zabaykalsky Krai, affecting cattle, sheep/goats and swine populations.

Read More...

Cherkizovo Group, Russia’s largest integrated and diversified meat producer, has reported increased revenues of 7% on a US Dollar basis to $1,581.7 million in 2012 from $1,472.6 million for 2011.

Read More...

The Russian meat council has called on the food safety and veterinary authority Rosselkhoznador to set up unscheduled inspections of meat plants to ensure they are complying with the regulations, in particular the labelling of the correct ingredients in products.

Read More...

The National Union of Pig Producer of Russia has recently published ratings of the largest Russian agricultural holdings producing pork.

Read More...

Smithfield Foods has declared they are confident about being able to meet the rising demand for ractopamine-free pork, following the recent announcement that Russia wants pork that does not contain this feed additive.

Read More...

Russia has to the US that is can only restart exports of turkey meat the Russian federation if it supplies additional information about laboratory controls to confirm that ractopamine is not used in production.

Read More...