Russia plans to increase its active promotion of domestic fish in foreign markets in the future, including via large-scale marketing campaigns promoting Russian fish and seafood, Undercurrent News reports citing recent statements by representatives of some Russian leading fish producers and senior officials of the Russian Federal Agency of...
Russia and China have approved the list of 10 Russian and 10 Chinese companies that received licenses to supply dairy products to and from the two countries, Russia’s agriculture watchdog Rosselkhoznadzor has said, according to TASS.
The list of Russian and Chinese dairy products producers that have access to the...
Russia’s wheat harvest for 2018 decreased by 16% year-on-year to 72 million tons, according to preliminary estimates of the Russian Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat), Interfax news agency reported.
In 2017, Russia had a record wheat harvest of 85.8 million tons, according to the Russian Agriculture Ministry.
Rosstat said Russia’s...
Russian food conglomerate Cherkizovo Group has added another asset to the list of acquired companies with 75% of St Petersburg-based meat industry Samson Food, Vedomosti reports.
According to a Cherkizovo statement, the exact size of the deal will be announced later, but the company will pay at least $5 million...
Russia’s Agriculture Ministry lifted its forecast for 2018/19 grain exports to 42 million tons at its routine Friday meeting with major traders, who interpreted it as another sign that the risk of export curbs is easing, Food Retail reports.
“According to preliminary data from Rosstat, the gross grain harvest...
Fertilizer giant EuroChem Group has announced the start of production at the country’s first Urea Ammonium Sulfate (UAS) production facility, Chemical Engineering reports.
The new facility, built in partnership with leading urea technology developer, Dutch-based Stamicarbon, is projected to reach a final production capacity of 600 tons/day. It officially...
Despite having almost reached self-sufficiency in the pork industry, Russian companies are expected to increase production capacities by 900,000 tons over the next four years, Global Meat News reports.
Speaking at an industry conference in Moscow, Yuri Kovalev, chairman of the Russian Union of Pork Producers, predicted that with this growth, the...
Russia’s agricultural boom of 2017 was overestimated by as much as 30 percent for certain crops, а report by the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA) has revealed.
А weaker ruble and higher oil prices helped agriculture to overtake arms sales in 2017 to become Russia’s second-biggest export sector...
Eco-Culture, Russia's biggest vegetable producer, has agreed to create a greenhouse complex on the area of 250 hectares (ha) in China, business newspaper Kommersant writes.
The project holds a price tag of $625 million and will be financed by China’s state company Huafa Group. Eco-Culture will be engaged in the...
Russian meat giant Cherkizovo has completed the acquisition of Siberia-based poultry producer Altayski Broiler from agricultural holding Prioskolie for around $70 million, Global Meat News reported.
The purchase has been already approved by the Russian Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) according to Cherkizovo. With this deal, Cherkizovo seeks to enter the...
