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

African swine fever registered in Russia
MOSCOW - The first outbreak of African swine fever in Russia has been registered in a group of wild boars.

Russian ban on Polish pork may be lifted
RUSSIA - The 17th month-long embargo by Moscow on Polish meat imports may be lifted in the near future. Russia is sending inspectors in the company of EU experts to Polish meat production facilities.

Polish sausage makes Russian comeback
RUSSIA - A ban on imports of Polish meat into Russia could be lifted after Moscow indicated it is prepared to send inspectors back to Polish production facilities.

The Meat Manufacturing in the Primorsky Territory Increased 14 %
RUSSIA - Since the beginning of the year the meat manufacturing in Primorye has increased 14% and amounted to 23,6 thousand tons. The main portion of it is the pork and poultry products. The leaders of manufacturing are Artyom, Mikhailovka and Partizansk...

Cherkizovo profits soar on strong poultry and pork sales
RUSSIA - Cherkizovo Group Plc has said that first half net profit reached 21.0 mln usd. It's up almost six-fold from 3.7 mln in the year-earlier period, thanks to strong organic growth in the poultry and pork divisions and improved margins at its meat...

VIV Russia 2007 - Big Dutchman-Technologies Generate Interest
RUSSIA - At VIV Russia 2007 (May 21 – 23, Moscow) Big Dutchman once again displayed an ample range of innovative products for modern pig and poultry management. Both the multi-tier broiler cage Avimax and the modular climate and production computer Viper...

Hypor signs deal to ship thousands of pigs to Russia
RUSSIA - Hypor B.V, a Hendrix Genetics company and "Znamensky Selekcionno-Gibridny Center" LLC, an Exima company, have signed an agreement to co-operate with pig breeding activities in Russia.

Russian vets checking US pigs
MOSCOW - Russia's food safety watchdog - the Russian Federal Agency for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Supervision - has started inspecting US pork producers that intend to export their produce to Russia.

Rik Verweij New Manager For TOPIGS Russia
RUSSIA - TOPIGS is pleased to announce the appointment of Rik Verweij (41) as manager for TOPIGS Russia, with effect from 15 July 2007. Mr Verweij will be responsible for the further development of the activities of TOPIGS in Russia and other countries...

Russian farm produce to grow 23% in five years - PM
MOSCOW - Russia's premier said domestic farm production will increase 23 per cent by 2012 under the government's five-year agricultural program, with agricultural development being one of the national welfare projects.

Russia, EU Forge Difficult Meat Dialogue
MOSCOW - Russia is dealing with a handful of problems related to the import of low quality and even unsafe meat and meat products.

TOPIGS present at VIV Russia
RUSSIA - TOPIGS CIS will make its first official appearance at VIV Russia.

First Piglets Born At Russian Nucleus
RUSSIA - At the end of April the first TOPIGS A-line piglets were born at the TOPIGS nucleus in Kursk, Russia.

Market Problems could be resolved if Producers Focused on Meat Quality
Russia - National Meat Association Head Sergey Yushin has identified several problems due to the Russian National Priority Project for accelerated development of the livestock sector. A key issue is the immense difficulty marketing low-quality pork and...