Miratorg further developing pork, poultry businesses

Moscow, Russia-based agri-food firm, Miratorg Agribusiness Holding, has announced it will invest more than 370 million rubles (RUB; US$5.7 million at current exchange rates) this year in the purchase of special vehicles to support its growing pig production division, and the firm is set to export poultry meat to China.

(Yurii Bukhanovskyi, Bigstock)
(Yurii Bukhanovskyi, Bigstock)

Russia-based agri-food firm, Miratorg Agribusiness Holding, has announced it will invest more than RUB370 million (US$5.7 million) in 2019 with the purchase of special vehicles to support its growing pig production division, and the firm is set to export poultry meat to China.

Around 50 new vehicles will be purchased this year by the firm’s own logistics arm, according to Miratorg. These will include tractors, feed trucks and animal transport trailers for the company’s pork division.

Miratorg chooses to use its own transport fleet to ensure full control and timely deliveries of key supplies and products.

Earlier this month, Miratorg announced that it will employ a further 650 people this year in a wide range of roles in the Kursk region. These new opportunities — aimed at local residents — are the result of the firm’s planned doubling of pork production with the opening of new pig farming units in the districts of Rylsky, Fatezhsky, and Zolotukhinsky.

First Russian poultry meat exporter to China

The firm now says it is the first in Russia to export poultry meat to China.

“Miratorg views excellent opportunities for expanding business in China and this cooperation will contribute a lot in the development of trade and economic relations between our countries,” said Victor Linnik, the company’s president.

Miratorg has been expanding exports lately to the Persian Gulf, Southeast Asia and Africa, among other destinations.

Centered in the Bryansk region, Miratorg produced more than 114,000 metric tons (mt) of poultry meat in 2018, putting it among Russia’s Top 10 producers.

Miratorg increased output in 2018

Earlier this year, Miratorg announced a number of other business achievements. These included the production of its first 4.0 mt of sheep meat.

Compared to 2017, last year’s milk production from the firm’s Kursk dairy farm was up by 43 percent, and from the only commercial rose veal farm in Russia, Miratorg’s output tripled to 7.34 mt.

For animal feed, production was up 4.7 percent year-on-year to 1.53 million metric tons (mmt), around 80 percent of which was used by the firm’s pork division.

With a total investment so far of more than RUB7.6 billion, Miratorg has constructed four modern feed mills with a total capacity of 1.66 mmt in the Belgorod and Bryansk regions. These facilities produced 30 different compound feeds, including pre-starters, sprayed wheat and processed grains.

In November of 2018, the firm launched its first premix production facility. Located in Bryansk, it has an annual capacity of 60,000 mt, which will easily cover Miratorg’s own requirements for vitamin and mineral supplements as well as making products available for sale on the market.

Miratorg is Russia’s leading investor in Russian agribusiness, according to the firm’s own web site. It is the country’s top producer of beef and pork, with annual output of 108,000 mt, and 423,000 mt, respectively, in 2018.

As well as meat and animal feeds, the company also has businesses in crop and fodder production, ready meals, and frozen vegetables.

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