Fat and Oil Union sent a letter to the director of the Department of Food and Processing Industry of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation Evgeny Akhpashev. The Union in the letter spoke against plans to establish quotas on the import of palm oil to Russia. 
The decrease in the volume of wheat production in Kazakhstan is projected due to the reduction of the acreage in the season 2018-19. 
April 26, the 2nd All-Russian Branch Conference 'The State of Hemp Production and Prospects for the Development of Hemp in Russia - 2018' was held at the Ministry of Agriculture of Russia. Director of the Department of Plant Production, Mechanization, Chemicalization and Plant Protection of the Ministry Petr Chekmarev and Director of the Agro-Industrial Association of Hemp Yulia Divnich became moderators of the event. 
Cherkizovo Group in the Q1 2018 increased sales for all types of products: pork - by 28% (from 45 TMT to 57,5 TMT), turkeys - three times (from 3,3 to 9,7 TMT) and chicken by 10% (from 125 TMT to 137 TMT), the company's press service reports. At the same time, the average price of chicken meat declined by 11% (from 92 to 82 rubles per kg or or from $ 1.48 to $ 1.32), turkeys - by 28% (from… 
The Omsk Scientific Center of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (member of Omsky Biocluster) takes part in the research devoted to the development of proposals for the development of tools in the system of state financial support for manufacturing enterprises focused on import substitution and non-primary exports. 
April 20, Omsk became the venue for the jubilee event of the HR industry in the region - the XVth annual Omsk HR-Forum. This year it was devoted to one of the most important topics and was called 'Russian and Omsk Leaders in Omsk'. More than 300 representatives of HR-associations of Omsk region and employees of staff divisions of leading companies took part in this event. 
April 27, Omsk regional business incubator was the venue for a seminar for those wishing to start their own business in Omsk region. The event was aimed at supporting the entrepreneurial initiative of Russian farmers, the press service of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food of Omsk region reports. 
Russia sharply increased imports of palm oil and its fractions. From January to February this year, the import of this product to the Russian market grew by 36.7% - up to 170 thousand tons, TASS reported citing Rosstat. From January to February 2018, Russia purchased 170 thousand tons of palm oil. Compared with the same months of the previous year, imports increased by 36.7%. And only for one February supplies grew by a record 44.1% - up to 97 thousand…