Russian enterprises in May this year produced 2.45m tons of mixed fodder. The growth was 0.8% compared to April of this year and 8.1% compared to May 2017. 
According to Minister of Agriculture of Russia Dmitry Patrushev, the yield in the current season is about 4 quintals per hectare lower than in 2017. Such a conclusion was made after collecting the first million tons of grain of the new crop. 
According to official data, Russian flour makers produced about 7.1 million tons of wheat flour during the 11 months of the season-2017/18 (July-May), which is by 264,700 tons (4%) less than the same period last season. 
The Government of the Russian Federation extended the zero export customs duties on wheat until July 1, 2019. The Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, Dmitry Medvedev, signed the corresponding decree #737 dd. June 27, 2018. 
June 28, the Training Center of the Agrarian Center of Tomsk region (co-founder of the Interregional Center for Agro Industry Engineering) became the venue for the event for specialists of Tomsk enterprises in preparation for the regional contest among artificial insemination operators and the All-Russian competition among livestock-breeding specialists. 
Cultivation of crops in the fields must necessarily be accompanied by annual systematic surveys that will help to identify and destroy dangerous quarantine weeds in a timely manner, this will become a guarantee not to get on the list of quarantine zones or to lose the entire crop. Only for the Q1 2018, when carrying out phytosanitary examinations, experts from the Omsk Reference Center (member of Omsky Biocluster) found three types of quarantine weeds. 
June 20, Bayer in a solemn atmosphere opened in Omsk State Agrarian University (member of Omsky Biocluster) modernized IT-audience. The project was implemented within the BayStudy Program and the celebration of the 100th anniversary of OmSAU. 
June 21, a visit of the Omsk delegation led by the head of Omsk region Alexander Burkov to North-Kazakhstan region (Republic of Kazakhstan) was held. The delegation included heads of regional ministries, municipal districts and Omsk enterprises in the spheres of industry, agriculture and food, tourism and information technology. The delegation of Omsk region was hosted by Akim of North-Kazakhstan region Kumar Aksakalov.