Infectious Disease Control at VIV Europe
MOSCOW - A product range for swine at the forefront of infectious disease control will be the themes for a presentation by Dr Stéphane Imbert at this year's VIV Europe trade fair in Moscow.

More Profit Through Innovative Farm Equipment
MOSCOW - In the pig breeding industry profitability gain is only possible provided productivity increases. Along with other critical indices are the following: fertility and sows insemination efficiency, neonatal and natal piglet mortality.

Full Spectrum Conference for VIV Europe
RUSSIAN FEDERATION - The first Special Edition of VIV Europe takes place in Moscow from 27-29 May.

Russian Export Ban for Tyson and Smithfield
RUSSIA - Russia, the fifth-largest buyer of US pork, has banned imports of the meat from certain plants run by Tyson Foods and Smithfield Foods.

Lenoblast Opens New Pig Site
RUSSIA - The Pulkovsky agricultural complex will open a new pig farm this week in the Leningrad Oblast.

Russian Import Quotas Set
RUSSIA - Russia has given the go ahead to the import of 493,500 tonnes of pork from 380 companies for the coming year.

Cherkizovo Doubles Income
RUSSIA - Russian integrated pig and poultry meat producer Cherkizovo has seen its net income more than double over the last year.

Third Unit at Cherkizovo's Lipetskmyasoprom Pig Facility Complete
RUSSIA - Cherkizovo Group, one of Russia's leading integrated and diversified meat producers, has completed the construction of the third module at Lipetskmyasoprom, the Group's industry leading pig facility in the Lipetsk region.

Russians Block Meat Imports
RUSSIA - The Russian food safety authority, Rosselkhoznador has blocked more than 2000 tonnes of meat products entering the country in the St Petersburg district because it was declared unsafe.

Cherkizovo Acquires Land in Tambov
RUSSIA - Cherkizovo Group OJSC, one of Russia's leading integrated meat producers, has acquired 28,212 hectares of agricultural land in the Tambov region.

Russia Extends Meat Imports Controls Deadline
RUSSIA - The Russian Federal Customs Service (Customs) has published a new order that extends the implementation date of the revised list of approved entry points authorised to handle meat imports to 17 April.

Russia Blocks Dutch Pork
RUSSIA - The Russian food safety authorities have blocked a shipment of pig meat from Holland because it did not have the correct documentation.

25 Per Cent of 2008 Meat and Poultry Tariff Rate Quota Distributed
RUSSIA - The Russian Ministry of Economic Development and Trade distributed 25 per cent of beef, pork and poultry tariff rate quotas for 2008 based on January - September 2007 imports by individual companies. The remainder of the quota will be distributed...

African and Classical Swine Fever in Russia
RUSSIA - The Russian Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance (VPSS) has confirmed the detection of the first case of African swine fever in a family of wild boars, in the Chechen Republic in an area bordering the Republic of Geo...

Russia Lifts Ban on Polish Meat Imports
RUSSIA - Russia is to start lifting its ban on imports of meat from Poland next week.