MUSHROOMS AND MUSHROOM BUSINESS for professionals and beginners TOPICAL TOPICS What is happening on the Russian mushroom market? Organization of compost production Organization of champignon production Champignon cultivation technology Shiitake cultivation Phone / Fax (495) 684 0430 E-mail gribovod@inbox.ru OUR PARTNERS NEWS 09/05/14 The production of oyster mushroom substrate was launched in the Kaluga Region. On September 2, the official opening of a new substrate workshop of the Verny Put 'enterprise took place in the Kaluga Region. In the presence of the regional governor Anatoly Artamonov, the first mushrooms grown on this substrate were collected. The company produces substrate blocks for growing oyster mushrooms using tunnel technology. The current productivity of the enterprise is up to 500 tons of incubated substrate per month. The first clients were mushroom growers from Moscow, Tula, Nizhny Novgorod and Leningrad regions. The head of the enterprise, Ilya Vorontsov, suggested that investors create new mushroom farms in the region, promising his consulting and technical support. The Governor supported this idea and instructed to create a Program for the Development of Mushroom Growing in the Kaluga Region. Import of fresh mushrooms from EU countries is prohibited. The decree of the Government of the Russian Federation "On measures to implement the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of August 6, No. 560" On the application of certain special economic measures in order to ensure the security of the Russian Federation "from August 7, for a period of one year, a ban is introduced on the import of agricultural products, raw materials and food from USA, EU countries, Canada, Australia and Norway. The list of products prohibited for import consists of the Customs Union Commodity Nomenclature of Foreign Economic Activity codes. This list contains the code 0709, which refers to fresh mushrooms. Champignons have the code 0709510000. Oyster mushrooms are getting more, prices are still growing. For the second quarter in a row, Russian oyster mushroom producers have been increasing their production volumes. As a result, in the first six months of this year, oyster mushrooms in Russia were grown by 7.7% more than in the first half of 2013. Only 76 tons were not enough to overcome the principal milestone of 2,000 tons. Taking into account the opening of new substrate and mushroom industries this summer, by the end of 2014 the country is expected to harvest the second oyster mushroom harvest in the history of Russian mushroom growing. The average selling price of oyster mushroom producers in the European part of Russia increased by 11% compared to the previous first half of the year and amounted to 110 rubles per 1 kg of mushrooms. Details in "GS No. 4-2014" Why the population rarely buys mushrooms. 17% of the survey participants, conducted by the magazine "SHG" together with the Department of Mycology and Algology of Moscow State University, do not buy mushrooms more often because they are not satisfied with the quality of the mushrooms and oyster mushrooms sold or because at the time they visit the store, there are no mushrooms on its shelves. Read about how often the population buys cultivated mushrooms in stores and about other survey results in "GS No. 3-2014" MORE NEWS 9 RUSSIAN MUSHROOM CRUISE. RESULTS. №3-2014 We present the next issue of the "School of mushroom growing " magazine №3 (87) . Editor column >>> Contents >>> RETAIL PRICES from 08.09 to 14.09 Moscow, price for 1 kg Cash & Carry 317 * rub 179 rbl Hypermarket - 200 rbl Supermarket 223 * rub 186 rbl Discounter - 199 * rub Non-chain store - 255 rbl Outdoor tent n.d. n.d. Market (Bazaar) n.d. n.d. * - packed mushroom OUR PARTNERS