Russia Suspends Feed Additive Shipment from China
RUSSIA - The Rosselkhoznadzor Administration for Saint Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast in sea border checkpoint "Baltiysky" suspended import of feed additive (60 per cent choline chloride) in the amount...

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

Russia Lifts Grain Export Ban
RUSSIA - The prime minister has announced that the Russian authorities are to end the embargo on grain exports, which was imposed last year in the wake of a severe drought, with effect from 1 July.

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.

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.

ASF May Have Been Transmitted to New Area in Wheat
RUSSIA - Procedural violations are being blamed for the introduction of African swine fever (ASF) to two new regions. The infection may have been transmitted in feed wheat from previously affected Rostovskaya...

Cherkizovo Works to Secure Future Grain Supplies
RUSSIA - Poultry producer, Cherkizovo, is securing grain supplies for its future feed requirements.

Russia's Grain Export Ban Extended to 2011
RUSSIA - Russian Prime Minister, Vladimir Putin, has extended his country's export ban on grain until at least the end of 2011, prompting further increases in wheat prices and fresh concerns about the...

Formal Signing of JV Between DSM and Tatenergo
RUSSIA - DSM Nutritional Products, a subsidiary of Royal DSM N.V., the global Life Sciences and Materials Sciences Company, has signed a joint venture agreement with Tatenergo JSC for the construction...

Pork Commentary: Russian Road Trip - Week 2
RUSSIA - This week's pork commentary by Jim Long again focuses on the Russian hog market.