Russian Fishery Company (RFC) will begin directing attention for Pacific herring sales to Nigeria and other parts of Africa, the company’s CEO said at the Seafood Expo Global in Brussels earlier this month, according to Sea Food Source.
“Traditionally, China was our main export market for Pacific herring. But Africa...
Continuous outbreaks of swine flu are forcing China to look for pork alternatives, and Russia is looking to seize on the opportunity for more poultry exports, Bloomberg reports.
Analysts say China could lose 30% of its pigs to African swine flu, a deadly disease which has spread to neighboring countries...
Russian retailer X5 has unveiled what it has described as a 'smart kitchen', operated by its Perekrestok banner, to increase the range and quality of its ready-to-eat and ready-to-cook ranges, Malls.ru reported.
Perekrestok is Russia’s largest supermarket chain, operating more than 700 stores across the country.
Describing the new facility as...
The Russian Government has prepared a draft program of horse industry development, Meatinfo.ru reported. Special focus will be put on increasing the population of meat breed horses, the segment where the production performance has been seen shrinking over the past few years, the report says.
The new program is scheduled...
Genetically modified papaya found in Nestle’s instant oatmeal has prompted Russia’s consumer rights protection watchdog, Rospotrebnadzor, to file an administrative violation case against Nestle Russia, RIA Novosti reported on Monday.
According to Rospotrebnadzor, the manufacturer knew about the non-compliance of its Bystrov brand ingredients with the mandatory requirements but did not...
Russian company Aquatrade, owned by billionaire Andrey Katkov, is planning to invest $7.7 million into a new land-based salmon and trout farm in the Leningrad region, the Fish Site reports.
Katkov, who is the owner of Judo Yavara-Neva, one of the largest networks of judo clubs in Russia, and a...
Growing demand for mussel meat in Russia is driving imports and enabling fast growth of the country’s aquaculture industry, Undercurrent News reports.
Amid an ongoing embargo on seafood imports from the U.S. and the EU, Chile is emerging as a country from which Russia buys most of its imported mussels,...
Russian authorities plan to nearly double the country’s total seafood exports and upgrade its fishing and aquaculture industry in the next five years, Undercurrent News reports.
This week, Petr Savchuk, deputy head of the Russian Federal Agency for Fishery, said the country was planning to grow its total export...
The prices of onions in Russia have already reached a record high for at least the last 5 years and continues to rise rapidly, EastFruit reports.
Since the beginning of this week, onions from Russian farms have risen in price by an average of 30%. Today, farmers offer high-quality onions...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture estimates that Russia will harvest a solid crop of wheat 77 million tons of wheat and 38.4 million tons of feed grain (corn, sorghum, barley, rye, oats, millet), making a total harvest of 115.4 million tons in 2019, Vedomosti reports.
Russia's Agriculture Ministry currently forecasts...
