The head of the Primorsky Territory, Andrey Tarasenko, within the framework of the Eastern Economic Forum events (September 11 - 13, Vladivostok) signed of agreement on the creation of an agro-industrial cluster Port Suchan on the territory of the region. 
September 3-7, the 4th International Scientific and Practical Conference 'Innovative Technologies in the Field of Genetics, Selection, Seed-Breeding and Plant Reproduction' took place on the site of the Nikitsky Botanical Garden, the National Research Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences under the auspices of the Department of Agricultural Sciences of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The event was attended by researchers of Omsk State Agrarian University (member of Omsky Biocluster). 
Russkiye Proteiny Сompany plans by 2020 to build a new plant for the processing of livestock waste with a capacity of 500 tons per day. Production facilities will be built on the territory of the Dankov Special Economic Zone (Lipetsk region), investment in the project will amount to 1.2B RUR ($ 17.19M). 
State Corporation 'Bank for Development and Foreign Economic Affairs (Vnesheconombank)' invited Vadim Vaneev, the Director General of Eurodon, to leave his position. Under this condition, VEB is ready to finance the company in the future, Kommersant-Yug reports. 
Russian food engineering companies produced products worth 7.4B RUR ($ 108.42M) for 6 months of 2018, which is 7% more than in the same period last year. The greatest growth was demonstrated by domestic manufacturers of equipment for grinding and processing grain or dried vegetables - 45%, and companies that produce equipment for milk processing - 14%. 
September 5, within the framework of the program of Rural Youth Forum , Omsk Experimental Plant FSUE (member of Omsky Biocluster) was the venue for the seminar 'Modern Trends in the Development of Agricultural Machinery.' The seminar goal is to familiarize rural youth with new samples of agricultural machinery and technologies for its production. 
In 2017, Omsk farmers and grain carriers faced difficulties in exporting grain to other regions and abroad due to large volumes of products and a shortage of transport. The authorities promised that they took into account the shortcomings of last year. 
September 5, Omsk was the venue for the 2nd regional Rural Youth Forum, which was attended by more than 400 young specialists of agricultural enterprises, students of the Omsk State Agrarian University (member of Omsky Biocluster) and students of the agro-technological college. In addition to the plenary part, which provided for a meeting with the head of Omsk region Alexander Burkov and the Minister of Agriculture and Food of Omsk region Maxim Chekusov, the work of the sections was organized…