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This is exactly what an Irish farmer did to increase income, and he raises laying snails using his own technology for field fattening. Agriland journalist Breifn O'Brien visited a unique Irish farm in County Cavan where Peter Monaghan, who raises 20 dairy cows, founded Inis Escargot, a snail farm. Monaghan has been a snail farmer for five years and has ambitious plans to expand his farm as well as...

The Ministry of Agriculture, together with the Ministry of Finance, is considering the possibility of increasing support for the agro-industrial complex. In 2023, its volume may exceed 500 billion rubles. Elena Fastova, Deputy Minister of Agriculture, spoke about this in an interview with Rossiyskaya Gazeta during the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. The possibility of increasing suppo...

For the first time in the Vologda region in animal husbandry, transplantation of cattle embryos is being tested. Pioneers in the region in the application of this method of reproduction of animals were the breeding plants of the Gryazovetsky district: the stud farm-collective farm named after the 50th anniversary of the USSR and the Pokrovskoye stud farm LLC. The average productivity of a dairy he...

Agroholding Miratorg plans to double the EXPORT of products in 2022, however, it does not rule out a reduction in production due to the non-repayment of projects. This was announced to journalists on the sidelines of the SPIEF by Viktor Linnik, President of Miratorg. "Exports are going according to plan, we planned to export $......

Damate will supply products to the Moscow Charitable Foundation for Helping Children and Their Families Good Home during 2022. The first batch of turkey products with a volume of 300 kg has already been transferred to a social hotel for convalescent children. The Damate group of companies, the largest turkey producer in RUSSIA, will support the Dobry Dom Moscow Charitable Foundation for Helping Ch...

According to Rabobank, pork production in the EU27+ UK must decline to balance supply and demand. Piglet and pig carcass prices are highly sensitive to supply and demand as the market seeks balance and tries to reduce excess supply. Pork production in the EU27+UK is down 2.5% year-to-date in February 2......

Pork is Santa Catarina's most important agricultural product in terms of value. In 2021, the value of Santa Catarina's agricultural and livestock production was the highest in history, at R$55.8 billion, surpassing the previous record set in 2020 by 36.4%. Santa Catarina's agribusiness has also broken another EXPORT record, with export value reaching US$6.9 billion , 21% higher than in 2......

The USDA is launching a campaign to alert, educate and prevent the introduction and possible spread of African swine fever. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant HEALTH Inspection Service (APHIS) announced a new effort to prevent the introduction and spread of African swine fever in the United States through an advocacy campaign called Protect Our Pigs. African swine....

German producers hope for growth of quotations in the second half of June. Spain and Italy are already benefiting from rising demand from tourism. The supply of slaughter pigs in Germany and neighboring countries in mid-June is small in terms of livestock and roughly corresponds to moderate demand from slaughterhouses. “Demand and supply are increasingly balanced with each other,” the Association....

The Ministry of Agriculture sees "certain positive signals" for the removal of barriers to the EXPORT of agricultural products. For example, the United States declared its readiness to guarantee shipping and insurance companies involved in the supply of Russian goods that they would not fall under their sanctions . However, this can only remove part of the current problems, said the HEAD of the Mi...

According to Rosstat, from June 4 to June 10, deflation was recorded in RUSSIA, it amounted to 0.14%. During the reporting period, most food products became cheaper, especially fruit and vegetable products: tomatoes (minus 8.87%), cucumbers (8.34%), white cabbage (6.39%). The price of margarine rose most noticeably over the week (plus ......

Mushroom Powder Instead of Zinc Oxide Scientists Find HEALTH Benefits for Weaned Piglets A group of scientists from the School of Agriculture and Food Sciences and the School of Veterinary Medicine at University College Dublin, Ireland, have proposed optimizing mushroom cultivation for use in pig production. In an article published in the journal Animals 2......

The Don State Agrarian University hosted the regional stage of the All-Russian competition of professional skills "The best in profession among artificial insemination operators for cattle." The organizers of the XXXIV regional competition were the Don Ministry of Agriculture and Food, the regional veterinary department and the Rostov Regional Animal Disease Control Station, the press service of t...

The State Duma adopted in the second and third readings a law that excludes the possibility of different interpretations of the norms relating to compensation to owners of seized and destroyed animals and products in the event of the spread of especially dangerous animal diseases. The document is aimed at eliminating the legal uncertainty identified by the Constitutional COURT of the Russian Feder...

A livestock complex for 1.2 thousand heads of cattle will be built in the Lev-Tolstovsky district of the Lipetsk region. This implies an agreement signed on Thursday on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum between the region's administration and Volgo-Don AgroInvest, the managing company of the AGROINVEST Group. The document implies the implementation of three investmen...

Antibiotics are widely used in agriculture, but if they enter the human body with food, they can lead to the development of bacterial resistance and interfere with the treatment of infections in the future. In which products antibiotics are detected most often and how to protect yourself from their effects, Aleksey Chernyshkov, HEAD of the Rospotrebnadzor Reference Center for monitoring the residu...

ABPA survey results show that Brazil's pork exports reached 89,700 tons in April, down 8.8% from last year. Sales revenue for the month reached $193.4 million , down 16.7% from the same month in 2021 ($232.3 million). Year-to-date (January to April), pork exports reached 327,300 tons, down 7% from the 351,8......

If pork prices are not immediately increased, one in ten pig farms could close next month, French pig breeders' organization INAPORC has warned. The French Interprofessional Council for Pig Production (INAPORC) has called for a significant increase in the price of pig and piglet carcasses to keep pig producers from giving up their business in the coming months. According to a statement by INAPORC,...

The first cases of African swine fever have been detected in domestic pigs since the disease was confirmed in Italy on January 7, 2022. Two cases of African swine fever have been confirmed in two domestic pigs in the region, Alessio D'Amato, HEALTH Adviser for the Lazio Region, said ANMVI, citing a statement. This is the first case of ASF in domestic pigs outside the island of Sardinia, where the....

The U.S. overall red MEAT and poultry production forecast for 2022 is raised month-on-month, according to the latest USDA WASDE report, as higher beef and pork production more than offset lower poultry production. Beef production is boosted by higher expected slaughter of steers, heifers and cows, which more than offsets lower expected carcass weights. Pork production rose in the second quarter at...

Brucellosis in cattle has been recorded in the Orenburg region. We are talking about three settlements: the villages of Sharlyk, Sharlyksky district and Ozerki, Ileksky district, as well as the Leninsky village council of Pervomaisky district. In the territories mentioned above, representatives of the state veterinary service of the region under the control of the regional ROSSELKHOZNADZOR are alr...

The State Duma adopted in the second and third readings the law on mandatory labeling of farm animals. The purpose of the document is the traceability of livestock products and the prevention of the spread of contagious animal diseases. At the same time, wild and aquatic animals provided for by the laws on wildlife and fisheries, as well as animals that are not agricultural and owned by citizens (...

Investors purchased a new number of laying hens at an enterprise in the village of Nikolaevka, Narimanov District, in mid-February in the Sverdlovsk Region. 48 thousand individuals of the Super Nick breed were purchased. In four months, the hens have grown up, gained weight and will soon begin to lay white eggs. Recall that a new investor was invited to the Stepnaya poultry farm in February 2........

In the Tyumen region, the price of MEAT has risen to a record high. it is simply not possible to buy meat in the region for less than 400 rubles per 1 kg. So, the price of pork varies from 400-420 rubles per 1 kg, beef - from 650 to 800 rubles, ordinary fish fillet reaches 500 rubles. According to Rosstat, from 2......

Senator of the Russian Federation, representative of the State Assembly of the Republic of Mari El S.A. Martynov, during a working visit to the region, visited Poultry Farm Akashevskaya LLC. This is the largest enterprise in the republic in the field of production and processing of products from chicken MEAT. Sergei Alexandrovich was accompanied by a member of the Committee of the State Assembly f...

More than 80 cows and calves died from an unknown disease in the Akshoky rural district of the Shet district of the Karaganda region. A disinfection post has been installed at the entrance to the settlement. Signs of the disease in cattle appeared on June 3, after which they began to examine animals in the rural district. “In total, 26......

Prices for blue in CHINA are rising. For some time now, everyone has been expecting hog prices in China to start to improve in the second quarter of 2022 due to the liquidation that began in July 2021. There seemed to be a lot more sows going to slaughter than official Chinese sources report. Now, after 8-9 months, fewer pigs are coming to the market. Who knows how many sows are actually sent to s...

Slaughter prices fluctuated throughout May, declining most of the time. Between April 29 and May 31, the CEPEA/B3 index for fattened cattle (São Paulo State) fell 4% to close at BRL 321.40 per arroba (15 kg) on ​​May 31. The pressure has come from an increase in the number of cattle, which is common at this time of the year when grazing conditions begin to deteriorate and farmers end up increasing...

The cost of live pigs on the market at the end of May decreased in most regions surveyed by Cepea. The pressure was both an increase in supply and a decrease in demand for pork. Thus, quotes on the spot market were lower than on animals in the integrated system. it is important to emphasize that, as a rule, pig prices are higher in the independent market than in the integrated system due to higher...

The low purchasing power of the Brazilian population, mainly due to the current high inflation in the country, limited the sale of chicken MEAT in the domestic market in May. In addition, high product prices between late April and early May also hampered sales in the Brazilian market. As such, many sellers have decided to lower their asking prices during the month to prevent stock buildup. Between...