Following the acquisitions of broiler company Belaya Ptitsa and meat processor Samson in December, Russia’s biggest meat producer Cherkizovo is reportedly eyeing a takeover of another poultry business – agricultural holding Eurodon, Interfax news agency reported citing sources.
Several other Russian news outlets also reported that Cherkizovo might be...
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...
Russia’s biggest beef producer, Miratorg, has teamed up with renowned Russian restaurateur ArkadyNovikov to launch franchise program of the Farshburger restaurants network, Meatinfo.ru reported.
The move will multiply the number of restaurants and “stimulate the development of high-quality catering in the Russian regions,” the company said in a statement.
Miratorg opened...
A new grain exporters’ union will be set up by the Russian Agriculture Ministry to “better understand the needs of the market,” officials said this week after its routine meeting with local grain traders, Reuters reported.
The move was interpreted by traders as a result of the close attention...
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...
A Japanese fishermen's association said Wednesday that one of cod fishing boats was seized by Sakhalin authorities at sea and taken it to a Russian-controlled island in the Kuril archipelago, for which the two countries have a long-standing dispute, Kyodo news agency reported.
Six fishermen were on the boat but...
Russia’s largest republic in the Far East, Yakutia, is currently using only 42% of its potential to cultivate deer farming, the Head of Yakutia’s Agriculture Academy (YSAA) Ivan Sleptsov has said, adding the industry’s further development may bolster the export of biologically valuable materials.
“Russia’s natural reindeer pastures occupy 335.2...
Russian agricultural equipment company Rostselmash plans to launch an assembly plant for its harvesters in Azerbaijan in 2020, the company's general director Valery Maltsev has told Interfax.
"So far, we have signed an agreement of intent. We are currently negotiating with one of the partners in Azerbaijan. The market there...
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...
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...
