Vladislav Vorotnikov

Tbilisi

Journalist at Freelance

Journalist in agriculture, energy and entertainment English B2B multimedia.

Articles

Russia’s pork exports surge 72% in early 2025, fueled by soaring demand from China

1 week ago | pigprogress.net | Vladislav Vorotnikov

In the 1st quarter of 2025, Russia is said to have exported 76,000 tons of pork, a 72% increase from the previous year. In value, exports grew nearly 2-fold to US$180 million, Agroexport, a Russian government agency facilitating exports, has reported. The growth would have largely been propelled by demand from China, the officials indicated. The increase in exports to China, which is said to have commenced in March 2024, is substantial.
Kazakhstan feed markets grow as Russia loses EU access

1 week ago | allaboutfeed.net | Vladislav Vorotnikov

Kazakhstan is expanding exports of rapeseed and sunflower meal to the European Union (EU), taking advantage of the bloc’s breakup with Russia. Kazakhstan has partly replaced Russia as a supplier of soybean meal to the EU, Evgeniy Karabanov, head of the analytical department of the Grain Union of Kazakhstan, told local news outlet APK Novosti. In addition, the country is also ramping up exports of sunflower meal and oil.
Russia halal poultry exports booming

1 week ago | poultryworld.net | Vladislav Vorotnikov

Russia more than doubled halal poultry exports in 2024, aiming to further boost sales by the end of the decade. In 2024, Russia’s halal food exports increased 80% compared with the previous year, reaching US$382 million, first deputy agricultural minister Elena Fastova outlined during an industry conference in Kazan, Russia. Poultry accounts for over half of Russian halal exports – US$211 million in 2024, against US$105 million in the previous year.
US egg crisis unlocks new opportunities for Turkey

1 week ago | poultryworld.net | Vladislav Vorotnikov

Egg exports from Turkey have played an interesting role in easing tensions in the US egg market in recent months. The country increased its exports compared with the previous year to dampen ‘eggflation’ in the US. However, fears of domestic market stability and the most recent Trump tariffs promise to put breaks on further growth in overseas deliveries.
US tariff war can strengthen China and ruin automotive industry globalisation

2 weeks ago | automotivelogistics.media | Vladislav Vorotnikov

As the US and China remain in a standoff in their tariff war with neither side willing to budge, observers say the world is witnessing the end of the era of globalisation in the automotive industry as we know it. Even after a temporary truce with China on tariffs was reached, the US trade policy keeps re-shaping the global automotive market.
Can poultry performance be optimised with betaine-based feed additives?

2 weeks ago | poultryworld.net | Vladislav Vorotnikov

A group of scientists has discovered that betaine-based feed additives can improve the growth rates of poultry even when feed availability is limited. “The researchers found that adding betaine to poultry rations helps increase live weight by 5.6%, increase average daily weight gain by 5.7%, and reduce feed conversion by 5.7% even with a reduction in daily feed consumption rates,” said the scientists from Saint Petersburg State University of Medicine and Microbiology, Russia.
Iranian poultry industry braces for wave of bankruptcies

2 weeks ago | poultryworld.net | Vladislav Vorotnikov

Growing financial losses for poultry farmers in Iran may trigger a wave of bankruptcies in the industry and lead to a severe shortage of chicken meat in the coming months, warned head of the Khuzestan Poultry Farmers’ Union, Mohammad Hossein Zamani Rad.
Can feeding poultry less actually boost growth and immunity?

2 weeks ago | allaboutfeed.net | Vladislav Vorotnikov

A group of scientists from St. Petersburg State University of Medicine and Microbiology, Russia, has discovered that betaine-based feed additives can improve the growth rates of poultry even when feed availability is limited. “The researchers found that adding betaine to poultry rations helps increase live weight by 5.6%, increase average daily weight gain by 5.7%, and reduce feed conversion by 5.7% even with a reduction in daily feed consumption rates,” St. Petersburg University said.
Hospitality sector in Iran shows resilience in the face of sanctions and economic crisis

3 weeks ago | costar.com | Vladislav Vorotnikov

Political tensions and economic turmoil have weighted heavily on the Iranian hotel sector. Despite this turbulence, hospitality in Iran is attracting investors, and hoteliers in the country are peering into the future with guarded optimism. Geopolitical situations, including conflicts with Israel and sweeping U.S. sanctions, have had a severe impact on Iranian hotels during the past several years, said Hamid Vahabzadeh, CEO of Dastyar Hotel and a hospitality management consultant in Iran.
Belarus hammers out long-term industry development plan

3 weeks ago | pigprogress.net | Vladislav Vorotnikov

Belarus adopted a 10-year pig industry development plan to reverse the protracted downward trend in pork production. As a part of the plan, Belarus will build 12 state-of-the-art pig farms through 2034, Natalia Sonich, head of the livestock department of the Belarusian Agricultural Ministry, said in a video. 4 farms will be designed to grow more than 100,000 pigs for slaughter per year, Sonich added. “We have developed a strategy for establishing ultra-modern pig farming,” Sonich emphasised.