Specialists of the Omsk Reference Center of Rosselkhoznadzor (member of Omsky Biocluster) found a dangerous weed in a lot of pepper and two lots of carrots brought to Omsk region from Kazakhstan. 
August 7, a meeting of the Council for Investment Activity and Competition Development under the Governor of Omsk region was held, within which the largest investors of the region were named. 
The 13th international meeting of the Kazakhstan-Siberian Wheat Improvement Network (KASIB) was held in OmSAU (member of Omsky Biocluster) from 1 to 3 August, in which leading researchers in the field of wheat selection and genetics participated in the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), OmSAU and the Agrarian Research Center, selection and genetic institutes of the National Agrarian Research and Education Center of Kazakhstan, the Russian Academy of Sciences. Financial support for the meeting was provided by CIMMYT,… 
According to statistics, prices for mixed fodders in Russia have been growing for the fifth consecutive month. The average price of mixed fodder in June this year was set at 15.4 thousand RUR ($ 242.53) per ton, which is 3.5% more than in the last month of spring and 1.4% more than in June 2017. Since the beginning of the year, the price of mixed fodder has increased by 11.7% 
China culls 1,000 pigs as first case of African Swine Fever confirmed. Officials and pig producers are on high alert as China confirms its first case of African Swine Fever (ASF). 
In July, the staff of the Laboratory of Quarantine Phytosanitary Examinations and Surveys of the Omsk Reference Center of the Rosselkhoznadzor (member of Omsky Biocluster) analyzed 1256 samples, including 261 tests within the state task. 
The global soybean crop in 2018-19 will grow by 6% to a new record of 358.8 million tons, calculated at the International Grains Council (IGC). 
The current state of the grain market is beneficial for Russia. Unfavorable climatic conditions, including abroad, contribute to the expectations of a lower harvest compared to last year, when in Russia it was a record. Therefore, the rise in prices can compensate manufacturers and grain traders expected by the Ministry of Agriculture of the loss of grain due to bad weather, it follows from the estimates of experts interviewed by RIA Novosti.