Milk production in Russia in 2018 amounted to 30.6 million tons, which is 455 thousand tons or 1.5% more than in 2017, according to data published by the federal state statistics service Rosstat.
The output from agricultural organizations increased by 3.6% to 16.2 million tons, while farm production was...
Frozen poultry exports from China's eastern Shandong province to Russia have resumed, after an outbreak of avian influenza prevented Chinese frozen poultry from accessing the Russian market, Xinhua reported.
The move came after the protocols on veterinary and phytosanitary requirements for the supply of frozen poultry meat and dairy...
Russian wheat exports for the 2017/18 year were revised 1.5 million mt higher to 35 million mt in the USDA WASDE January report, with weather conditions being favorable to port loadings in January, Platts informs.
Russia's record harvest, also revised up, by 2 million mt to 85 million mt, has...
Russia’s veterinary watchdog Rosselkhoznadzor has imposed temporary restrictions on the import of pork and pig products from Mongolia due to outbreaks of African swine fever (ASF), known also as Montgomery disease, the agency said in a press release, according to RBC.
A document signed by the Deputy Head of the agency,...
Legal and illegal logging by Chinese companies in Russia’s Siberia is destroying the vast region’s forests, RFE/RL writes in a recent article.
According to the report, a “war” is going on between locals trying to protect the Siberian snow forest, the taiga, and illegal loggers who are selling trees in...
A new processing plant for cod and haddock will be opened in the northwest of Russia, marking another step in the development of the country’s fishing industry, Undercurrent News reported.
The project was initiated by the Russian Fishery Company (RFC), which plans to team up with Agama, one of the...
More than 50 Russian farmers are on a tour through Canada as part of the Russian Dairy Motor Rally, NorthUmberlandNews.com reports.
The beginning of the five-day car rally toured the Russians through western Quebec farmland and Ottawa before stopping in Kawartha Lakes.
Vera Mozgovaya, chief editor of Moscow-based website The Dairy...
Increased sales into mature consuming countries as well as the development of new markets is driving the strong growth in global fertilizer demand over the past five years, and consumption growth is set to be more evenly spread across world regions, British consultancy CRU has said.
According to the report, mid-tier...
Leading Russian agricultural consulting firms SovEcon and IKAR have slashed their estimates for the country’s 2018 grain harvest due to cold wet conditions in the key spring wheat regions of Siberia and the Urals, Fomag reported.
The favorable weather brought Russia a record grains harvest of 135 million tonnes in 2017. The...
Cherkizovo, the second-biggest broiler meat producer in Russia, has culled all poultry stock at the Vertunoskyi poultry farm in Penza Oblast due to an outbreak of Avian influenza, Larisa Mokshina, a spokesperson for the company, has told Global Meat News.
According to Mokshina, that was an isolated farm producing hatching...
