Miratorg Agroindustrial Holding has obtained permission in court for the construction of a distribution center in Novosibirsk region with an investment volume of 350 million rubles ($ 6.14 million). 
Experts of the 'Genetics & Breeding of Cattle Practice' of Omsky Biocluster took part in the XVI All-Russian Conference on Livestock Development, which took place on March 21-22 at the All-Russian Research Institute of Breeding under the auspices of the Department of Livestock and Breeding of the Ministry of Agriculture of Russia. Within the event, there were meetings devoted to the most pressing issues of livestock breeding and its separate branches: dairy and beef cattle breeding, pig breeding, sheep breeding… 
According to the results of January-February 2018, the production of pigs for slaughter in live weight in agricultural organizations of Russia increased by 11.7% compared to the same period a year earlier and amounted to 618.8 thousand tons (by the Ministry of Agriculture of Russia). 
The laboratory of seed and planting material and district laboratories of the Seed and Plant Protection Department of the Omsk Reference Center (member of Omsky Biocluster) are inspecting the seeds of cereals and leguminous crops intended for sowing in the spring of 2018 for sowing qualities. 
The Ministry of Agriculture of Russia proposes to significantly increase the tax on agricultural land that is not used for its intended purpose. The corresponding bill is posted on the Federal Portal for Draft Normative Legal Acts. 
The president of the Confectionery Industry Association (ASCOND), Sergei Nosenko, believes that the confectionery market in the Russian Federation is close to saturation. According to his forecast, the growth rate of the industry will soon slow down. The production of sweets in Russia in 2018 and 2019 will add 2-3% per year. 
Since the beginning of 2018, 103 samples of milk and dairy products have been submitted to the Expert Veterinary Laboratory of the Omsk Reference Center of the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance (member of Omsky Biocluster), with which 466 tests were conducted. 
March 19, members of Omsky Biocluster (Omsk State Agrarian University and SIBAGROCOMPLEX Group) conducted a practice for undergraduates under the "Technology of Animal Products" program (discipline "Genetic Factors of Increasing the Productivity of Animals") on the basis of SIBAGROCOMPLEX.