Russia produced 1.15 million tons of poultry meat in the first quarter of 2019, 6.2% down on the same period of the previous year, Global Meat News reports.
“An oversaturated domestic market and a series of bankruptcies in the segment contributed to the decline Poultry production in Russia had been...
Russia’s Ministry of Agriculture has proposed an extension to the country’s zero duty policy on wheat export, TASS news agency reports.
According to a draft resolution of the Russian government, the ministry noted that the expected crop in Russia in 2019 to the amount of 118 million tons will fully...
The German holding company of Russian dairy producer EkoNiva Group, Ekosem-Agrar AG, has increased the availability of its dairy products in Russian retail stores, according to Dairy Reporter.
Since the beginning of May, the EkoNiva product range has been available in 200 Russian and international retail chains in Greater...
China and Russia have agreed to buy each other's poultry and related products, China's General Administration of Customs said this week, according to Reuters.
The poultry products that can be traded between the two countries include frozen poultry meat and byproducts like frozen chicken skin, wings, and feet, the General...
A two-year project to protect agricultural livelihoods disrupted by conflict in Syria’s Aleppo was launched by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations with a $3 million contribution from Russia, FAO said in a press release.
The project will improve the production capacity of 60,000 crisis-affected farmers and...
Industrial pig farming in Primorsky Krai in Russia’s Far East region is under the threat of being ruined by Foot-and-mouth (FMD), regional governor Oleg Kozhemyako has said, according to Global Meat News.
Speaking at a meeting with the regional parliament in late April, Kozhemyako revealed that around 100,000 head of...
Brighter prospects for the upcoming 2019 crop and low trade activity ahead of Russia's long May holiday has lead wheat export prices to fall further last week, analysts said on Monday, according to Reuters.
Black Sea prices for Russian wheat with 12.5 percent protein content for delivery in May...
Grain traders are having difficulties forecasting global wheat prices as a flourishing Russian wheat crop is affecting the market at the same time with dry weather woes in Europe, Farmers Weekly reports.
According to data by the International Grains Council (IGC), world wheat production for 2019-20 is predicted to rise...
Trading companies RIF, Aston, the Russian grain office of Glencore, and a subsidiary of United Grain Co. have signed a memorandum creating the Russian Union of Grain Exporters (UGC), Kommersant reports.
“Its creation will help to improve the coordination of grain exporters among themselves and with government authorities,” the founders...
Russia’s import substitution, planned as the country’s response to Western sanctions, is yet to yield tangible results in the horticultural sector, Fresh Plaza writes citing official data.
According to the news outlet, fruit imports in Russia continue to grow steadily, despite the very rapid expansion of orchard area and an...
