Crescendo Worldwide and Omsky Biocluster conducted an India Market Entry Webinar
Omsky Biocluster Association and Crescendo Worldwide - Omsky Biocluster Partner, has signed an Agreement for Supporting Omsky Biocluster Association members in knowing the Indian market and Supporting to serve Indian market. As initiation Crescendo Worldwide and Omsky Biocluster have organised a Webinar for Omsky Biocluster Association members (the event is held jointly with the Export Support Center of Omsk region and Omsk Chamber of Commerce and Industry - member of Omsky Biocluster). 
Russian Agricultural Center FSBI conducted the first assessment of the quality of the new wheat crop. Only 24.3% can meet the requirements of grades 1-3 (with a gluten content of over 23%). 49.7% of the surveyed grain, grown in Russia, belongs to the 4th class. Another 25.7% belongs on the 5th grade. 
Food sanctions have been extended until the end of December 2019, according to a new resolution of the Government of Russia. This means that for another year the ban on the import of meat and meat products, milk and dairy products, fish and fish products, vegetables and fruits was extended. It should be noted that initially sanctions were already applied to these products. But at some point, the embargo spread to salt, live pigs (excluding purebred pedigree animals), the supply… 
Specialists of the Laboratory of Quarantine Phytosanitary Examinations and Surveys of the Omsk Reference Center of Rosselkhoznadzor (member of Omsky Biocluster) explored more than 120 pheromone traps installed in granaries with an area of more than 3000 square meters. As a result of the quarantine entomological expertise, the Khapra beetle (Trogoderma granarium, a dangerous pest) was not found. 
The Ministry of Agriculture of Russia does not see the prerequisites for imposing an export duty or other restrictive measures on grain shipments abroad. In this case, the agency is considering the possibility of implementing in 2018-2019, 1.5M tons of grain from the intervention fund, the press service of the Ministry of Agriculture report. 
According to experts of Oil World, following the results of 2018, world production of biodiesel can reach a record high of 39.4M tons, which is 1.5M tons more than the previous forecasts of experts, and significantly higher than last year's figure (35.8M tons). 
In August, the Expert Veterinary Laboratory of the Omsk Reference Center of Rosselkhoznadzor (member of Omsky Biocluster) received 235 samples, with which 871 tests were carried out. As a result, experts found violations of normative documentation in 21 cases. 
According to the Rosselkhoznadzor, a difficult situation with the African swine fever virus (ASF) spread is recorded in 17 Russian regions. Since the beginning of 2018 outbreaks of the disease have been identified in Belgorod, Volgograd, Kaliningrad, Saratov, Vladimir, Leningrad, Orel, Nizhny Novgorod, Tver, Moscow, Novgorod, Tula, Sverdlovsk, Rostov and Ivanovo regions, Krasnodar Territory, and the Republic of Crimea.