A 30-year-old former computer programmer became Russia's most celebrated cheesemaker after he appeared at a nationally televised event last month, where he praised President Vladimir Putin’s ban on European and U.S. agricultural products, NPR reports.
Russia banned European food imports in retaliation for Western sanctions that followed the Kremlin's 2014 annexation of Ukraine's...
The Russian Fishery Company (RFC) has hired seafood sector veteran Soren Dalsager as its chief commercial officer, Undercurrent News reports citing an official company statement.
Dalsager joins RFC from Florida-based U.S. tilapia producer Regal Springs as the Russian holding is undertaking a fishing and processing investment program and is looking to “enhance...
Russia’s biggest meat producer, Cherkizovo Group, is planning to build a plant for advanced processing of high-protein oilseeds with a daily capacity of 1.5 kilo metric tons (KMT), the company said.
The ground for the project may be allocated in the Yeletsprom special regional economic area, Lipetsk region. The company is...
The EkoNiva holding company, Russia’s largest milk producer, is preparing to enter the market of finished dairy products, Top Agrar reports.
The holding is the largest milk producer in the Russian Federation, in the first nine months of this year produced more than 350 thousand tons of milk, which is more than...
Iraq said late on Monday it wanted to allow wheat imports from Russia in its state buying tenders, Agriculture.com reports.
Trade Minister Mohammed Hashim Al-Aani said he would send representatives to Russia to study its wheat quality and its suitability for use in Iraq’s massive food rationing program.
“The ministry will send...
The grain exports from Russia and the world top wheat producer’s exports are expected to be in the focus of a global gathering of grain industry companies and professionals this week, Business Times reports.
More than 1,000 traders, shippers, and agribusiness executives gather in Geneva this week for the annual...
The recent opening of the Chinese market for poultry exports from Russia will aid the already growing Russian meat exports, despite the threat of avian influenza (AI) following outbreaks this year, Global Meat News reports.
Meat exports from Russia have been rising throughout 2018 and this growth could accelerate...
Russia’s fat-and-oil industry may boost product exports by $5.5 billion against 2017, to $8.6 billion, the country’s Agriculture Ministry said following a meeting with industry representatives, UkrAgroConsult reported.
The meeting was attended by representatives of the companies Sodruzhestvo, Yug Rusi, Blago, Rusagro, Aston, Cargill, Efko, Bunge, Oryolmaslo, as well as the...
Russia is making itself known as an exporter of organic food and the country’s producers are keen to develop relations to the lucrative Chinese market, Shine.cn reports.
Russia has one of the largest displays of food and agricultural products at the China International Import Expo, including "Green" goods, the report...
Russia's Ministry of Agriculture will more than double the state support to domestic winemakers to $45 million in 2019 up from $22 million in 2018, Interfax reported citing Russia’s deputy agriculture minister Oksana Lut.
In September 2018 the produce of Russian wineries accounted for over half the domestic wine sales...
