Pork Commentary: Russia Hog Prices Real Strong
RUSSIA - This past week we spent several days with Russian swine producers, writes Jim Long.

Cherkizovo Pork, Poultry Sales Volume Up in 2011
RUSSIA - Sales volumes in Cherkizovo's pork division in 2011 increased by four per cent to approximately 91,400 tonnes of live weight, compared to 87,650 tonnes in 2010

Hermitage Supplies Leading Producers in Siberia
SIBERIA, RUSSIA - During the months of October and November 2011, Hermitage Genetics supplied approximately 3,000 high health breeding pigs to Titan-Agro Ltd. in Omsk, Western Siberia, Russia.

JSR Genetics Stocks Delimeat's 3,000-Sow Unit
RUSSIA - Russian dignitaries, local press and national TV gathered at the official opening of the Delimeat Farming Complex, a 3,000-sow nucleus herd stocked by JSR Genetics, to celebrate a future full...

Solid Performance for Cherkizovo
RUSSIA - Cherkizovo Group , one of Russia’s leading integrated and diversified meat producers, has announced strong organic volume growth and solid financial performances in the third quarter and nine...

Cherkizovo Begins Pork Production at New Sites
RUSSIA - As part of Cherkizovo Group’s dynamic development strategy in the Pork segment, the Company has launched production at its three greenfield pork farms in the Tambov, Voronezh and Lipetsk regions...

Increased Sales Reported by Cherkizovo
RUSSIA - Cherkizovo Group reports increases in sales volumes and prices in all three of its divisions for the first nine months of this financial year compared to the same period last year.

Genesus Sets up Nucleus & Multiplication Systems
RUSSIA - Genesus is pleased to announce that Paul Flint and Susan Wulf of Ames, Iowa will be moving near Krasnodar, Russia to manage the company's new registered purebred Nucleus and Multiplication system...

Strong Results at Cherkizovo Despite Challenges
RUSSIA - Despite the challenging operating environment at the beginning of this year, we have delivered a strong set of results across all segments in the first half of 2011, says the CEO of Cherkizovo...

Cherkizovo Welcomes Subsidies
RUSSIA - Cherkizovo has welcomed government subsidies for producing pork, chicken and eggs as well as the recently revised import quotas for 2012.

Pork Commentary: A Week in Russia
RUSSIA - "We spent this last week in Russia," writes Jim Long in this week's Pork Commentary.

Cherkizovo's CEO is Confident of Strategy
RUSSIA - In its trading update for the first half of 2011, Cherkizovo reports sales volumes up in all categories, although the increase was marginal for the pork segment.

Cherkizovo Starts Production at Kaliningrad Plant
RUSSIA - OJSC Cherkizovo Group, one of Russia's leading integrated and diversified meat producers, has launched operations at the meat processing plant in the Kaliningrad region acquired in 2010.

Miratorg Results Buoyed up by Pig Expansion
RUSSIA - Pig and beef producer, ABH Miratorg, increased its revenue by 28 per cent in the first quarter of 2011.

Cargill Opens New Feed Facility in Efremov
RUSSIA - Cargill has opened a new animal feed facility in Efremov.

Milk Product to Build $107m Pig Complex
RUSSIA - Ryazan region-based agricultural firm Molochny Produkt (Milk Product) intends to invest $107m in building a pig complex in Voronezh region, regional officials report.

Pork Commentary: Road Trip to Russia
RUSSIA - The last week we spent in Russia we participated in the Livestock and Poultry exhibit VIV Moscow and we also toured some customer farms, writes Jim Long.

Cherkizovo Reports Increased Quarterly Revenue
RUSSIA - In its latest quarterly report, Cherkizovo Group highlights its solid progress in large-scale projects to increase poultry capacity.

Cherkizovo Completes Acquisition of Mosselprom
RUSSIA - OJSC Cherkizovo Group, one of Russia's leading integrated and diversified meat producers, has completed the transaction to acquire 100 per cent of Mosselprom.

Hermitage - The Genetics of Choice in Russia
RUSSIA - Since entering the Russian market in 2006, Hermitage Genetics has become one of the largest international suppliers of high health pig breeding stock to key customers in Russia.

Cherkizovo Reports Higher Sales in All Divisions
RUSSIA - In its latest quarterly trading statement, Cherkizovo reports increases of five, eight and 15 per cent in its Pork, Meat Processing and Poultry divisions, respectively.

Producers to Receive More Funding
RUSSIA - Poultry and pig producers are to benefit from a further nine billion rubles additional support from the government.

Cherkizovo's CEO Welcomes Recent Govt Support
RUSSIA - Cherkizovo Group has announced its 2010 full-year audited financial results, which includes strong organic growth in all sectors.

Cherkizovo Now at Number 3 in Pork Market
RUSSIA - With a 63 per cent increase in pig sales last year, Cherkizovo is now the country's third largest pork producer.

Nutreco Invests in New Feed Plant in Russia
RUSSIA - Nutreco is investing approximately €20 million in a new premix and feed factory in the Voronezh agricultural region in Russia.

TOPIGS Genetics in the Most Northern Pig Farm
RUSSIA - On 1 December 2010, a batch of Tempo boars was delivered to the Prigorodnyi farm in the region of Murmansk in Russia. This farm is without any doubt the most northern professional pig farm in...

Cherkizovo: Strong Performance So Far This Year
RUSSIA - Cherkizovo report strong performance in all sectors of its business in its latest results for the first nine months of this year.

Cherkizovo Completes Acquisition of Pork Plants
RUSSIA - OJSC Cherkizovo Group today announces the completion of the acquisition of two greenfield pork farms.

Cherkizovo Constructs New Pig Farm in Lipetsk
RUSSIA - As part of Cherkizovo Group’s dynamic development strategy of its Pork segment, the Company has now started the construction of a new greenfield pork farm in the Lipetsk region of Central...

Strong Performance by Cherkizovo in 2010
RUSSIA - Cherkizovo has issued a trading update for the first nine months of 2010, which the company's CEO described as showing strong performance across all segments.