Sales of confectionery products in Russia rose
Sales of all types of confectionery products in Russia in the Q1 2018 amounted to 248.3bn rubles ($ 3.99bn), which is 4.3% more than it was for the same period in 2017, according to Rosstat. And this growth is connected with the increase in consumption of confectionery products in the country, as retail prices for confectionery products in Russia in March 2018 decreased by 0.1% compared to March 2017. And since the beginning of the year, prices for sweets in the… 
The volume of production of cheeses and cheese products in Russia in 2017 amounted to 643.6 thousand tons, butter and oil pastes produced 269.4 thousand tons. Such data are given in the speech of the head of All-Russian Research Institute of Metrological Service Elena Topnikova at the All-Russian week of cheese & butter making in Uglich, writes The DairyNews. 
The Omsk Chamber of Commerce and Industry (member of Omsky Biocluster), together with the Omsk City Administration, invites the Omsk business from 11 to 12 July 2018 to participate in the trade and economic mission of Omsk official and business circles to the Petropavlovsk (Republic of Kazakhstan). 
America’s farmers are about to start harvesting the wheat crop. Close to 60m tonnes are gathered annually and almost half is usually exported. Where this crop will be sold, though, remains an open question. 
Chicken, as Grand View Research notes, is becoming a driver in the markets of America, Europe and Asia. 
May 31, the First Deputy Minister of Agriculture Dzhambulat Khatuov, on behalf of the head of the Ministry of Agriculture of Russia Dmitry Patrushev, held a meeting on the development of exports of the oil and fat industry in 2018. Participants of the meeting also discussed the necessary measures until 2025 as part of the implementation of the Export of Agricultural Products Priority Project. 
May 30, a meeting was held with the participation of the heads of the Omsky Biocluster Association and the BioTech2030 Technological Platform Association. 
In May, 462 specimens were submitted to the Laboratory of Quality and Safety of Products of Animal and Vegetable Origin, Feeds and Environmental Objects of the Omsk Reference Center of the Rosselkhoznadzor (member of Omsky Biocluster) for analysis of sample quality.