Page 7 of articles about events in Swine news

During the first 4 months of 2017, meat production in Russia has increased by 3.2%.

On June 2, 2017 the meeting of Heads of veterinary services in Eastern European and Baltic countries devoted to African swine fever control in the region was held in Riga (Latvia).

The Russian authorities met with their Thai counterparts during the 85th General Session of the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) to talk about the possibility of exporting pork offal from Russia to Thailand.

In the first trimester of 2017, pig production has increased by more than 5%, mainly in the regions of Pskov, Chelyabinsk, Tver and Voronezh, and in the territory of Stavropol.

The national production of feed grew, reaching 25.8 million tonnes.

Last April, Mr. Dzhambulat Khatuov, the Vice-Minister of Agriculture of the Russian Federation, participated in the meeting of the Board of Directors of the Pig Producers’ National Association.

The National Association of Pig Producers of Russia has published the list of the main pork producers in Russia in 2016. Like in 2015, the first three places were held by the companies Miratorg, Rusagro and Cherkizovo.

The Ministry of Agriculture of Russia has issued a decree project that proposes paying all the capital invested in the building of farms in sparsely populated regions where this activity is not much developed or is absent.

Exports of Russian pork products have increased significantly over the last year.

In 2016, pig production increased by 9.4%.

In the last 8 years the number of pigs slaughtered in Russia has grown by 5 million heads.

Costs due to ASF outbreaks exceeded 1,200 million rubles, that’s 12.6 times more than in 2015.

Between January and October 2016, pig production for slaughter in the Russian farms has grown by 13.5% in terms of liveweight.

The Rosselkhoznadzor has informed of the presence of ASF (African swine fever) virus genetic material in sausages from an abattoir located in Lytkarinsky, in the oblast of Moscow.

The situation of the disease as of 11 October according to the data of the Ministry of Agriculture of Poland is as follows...

It was agreed to start testing operability of the e-certification system intended for certification of animal feed and feed additives export from the EU to the Kaliningrad Oblast of the Russian Federation from October 15, 2016.