TheCattleSite Latest News: Russian Federation
02 April 2021

In January 2021, Russian imports of dairy products appeared to be 10% lower compared to their level in 2020 for the same period and practically corresponded to the volume of imports in 2019....
01 March 2021

FOREIGN investors looking for good returns on their capital should look closely at the Russian dairy industry as the future holds very strong growth potential there, writes Chris McCullough with live coverage from EuroTier 2021....
25 March 2020

A retrospective review of anthrax outbreaks in Tatarstan, a republic in the Russian Federation, indicates that widespread cattle vaccination can prevent zoonosis and keep the endemic infection at bay....
30 January 2020
19 December 2019

RUSSIA - Scientists of Sechenov University jointly with their colleagues from Australia proposed a new, quicker and cheaper way to assess meat quality. It is based on exposing a small sample to UV light and measuring the spectrum of emission....
27 August 2019

RUSSIA - Russian producers have been granted the right to supply beef to Brazil, the agricultural watchdog said in a statement on Tuesday....
12 July 2019

RUSSIA - Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed the hope that Bolivian beef will appear on the Russian domestic market in the near future, after his meeting with his Bolivian counterpart Evo Morales on Thursday....
30 April 2019

RUSSIA - Russia has refused to comply with the decision of the Eurasian Economic Commission on admission of Belarusian dairy products to its market, the first deputy chief of staff at Russian government, Sergei Prikhodko, said on 28 April, "Prime" reports....
27 February 2019

RUSSIA - A big commercial dairy farm of the Belarusian design was put into operation in Russia's Sakhalin on 27 February, BelTA learned from the press service of the governor and government of Sakhalin Oblast....
13 February 2018

RUSSIA - Dr Evgeny Nepoklonov, Vice-minister at the Ministry of Agriculture in Moscow has reported an outbreak of foot and mouth disease at a farm located in Zabaykalsky Krai, affecting cattle....
21 November 2017

RUSSIA - Russia has announced its decision to suspend pork and beef imports from Brazil from 1 December after traces of banned feed additives were detected in the meat, the country's agricultural safety watchdog said on Monday (20 November)....
02 November 2017

RUSSIA - Russia might begin supplying beef, goat and sheep meat, as well as poultry and their by-products to Saudi Arabia in the near future, Russia's Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance (Rosselkhoznadzor) said in a statement...
23 October 2017

RUSSIA - Cherkizovo Group, Russia's largest vertically integrated meat and feed producer, announced on Friday that it has expanded its mixed feeds production capacity....
11 September 2017

RUSSIA - PJSC Cherkizovo Group, the largest vertically integrated meat and feed producer in Russia, last week announced that it has come first in the 2016 Agroinvestors ranking of Russia’s top meat producers....
14 June 2017

RUSSIA - Dr Evgeny Nepoklonov, Vice-minister at the Russian Ministry of Agriculture has reported an outbreak of lumpy skin disease at Dergachevsky in Saratov Oblast....
02 May 2017

RUSSIA - Cherkizovo Group has announced its completion of the acquisition of 100 per cent of NAPKO, one of Russia’s leading grain producers....
20 April 2017

RUSSIA - Vitebsk Oblast is interested in setting up a joint venture to process powdered milk in Russia's Astrakhan, Chairman of the Vitebsk Oblast Executive Committee Nikolai Sherstnev told the media on 19 April....
12 April 2017

RUSSIA - Cherkizovo Group, the largest vertically integrated meat and feed producer in Russia, announced its decision to acquire NAPKO, one of Russia’s leading grain producers....
14 February 2017

RUSSIA - Cherkizovo Group held its second annual kaizen contest among employees of the Cherkizovsky Meat Processing Plant (CMPP) to find ways to make production more efficient....
07 February 2017

RUSSIA - Russia has banned the import of beef and beef byproducts originating in New Zealand, Russia's Interfax news agency has reported....
06 February 2017

RUSSIA - Russia banned import of beef and byproducts from Minsk oblast of Belarus starting from today, 6 February, after the renewed tension between two countries. This was reported by TASS....
03 February 2017

RUSSIA - The Russian agriculture safety watchdog has imposed a temporary ban on imports of beef and beef products from New Zealand, effective 6 February....
05 July 2016

RUSSIA - Russia's President Vladimir Putin has reportedly signed a decree to extend the ban on various agri-food imports from Western countries as part of sanctions resulting from the crisis in Ukraine....
02 June 2016

RUSSIA - The Russian Agriculture Ministry has prepared a draft decree to extend its embargo on food products from a number of countries including the EU and US until the end of 2017....
17 May 2016

ANALYSIS - Milk production in Russia was stable last year reaching 30.78 million tonnes, while the cows’ milk yield rose by 6.9 per cent....
22 January 2016

RUSSIA - Russia's Agriculture minister Alexander Tkachev promised extra money for the country's dairy industry during the recent 'Agrofarm 2016' event....
04 November 2015

RUSSIA - Two new outbreaks of lumpy skin disease have been reported in village cattle....
05 August 2015

RUSSIA – Bilateral goods trade with Russia and India will increase from $10 billion to $30 billion by 2025, talks between Russian and Indian trade delegations have revealed....