Since March 1, the Finnish dairy company Valio has forbidden its suppliers to use soy in feed for cows and calves, reports Topagrar.com. 
Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance (Rosselkhoznadzor) will not impose a ban on the supply of dairy products from Belarus, which was scheduled for March 15, next week the specialists of the service will inspect the Belarusian enterprises. This was reported to journalists by the official representative of Rosselkhoznadzor Yulia Melano. 
March 2, the Ministry of Agriculture and Food of Omsk region held a meeting of the expert commission to determine the compliance of the activities of organizations for breeding livestock located on the territory of Omsk region, the requirements for such type of organizations and their epizootic well-being on the issue of ensuring veterinary safety when imported to Omsk region biological pedigree material. 
Domestic chickens are continuously becoming cheaper for the second consecutive year, SoyaNews reports. 
March 14, Moscow hosted the international conference 'Deep Processing of Grain: the Formation of a Value Sequence', at which Evgeny Akhpashev, director of the Department of Food and Processing Industry, made a report on the development of deep grain processing in Russia. 
The Agrarian Center of Tomsk region (member of the Interregional Center for Agro Industry Engineering), led by the Department for Social and Economic Development of the Village of Tomsk region, held a seminar on March 14 for managers and specialists of breeding and commodity agricultural organizations specializing in breeding dairy cattle on the topic: 'Milk laboratory in Tomsk region: opportunities are expanded.' 
March 13, Omsk State Agrarian University (member of Omsky Biocluster) has become a venue for a training seminar for managers and specialists whose enterprises use milking equipment of Belarusian manufacturers to increase the efficiency of its operation and explore new opportunities. 
The Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation is currently preparing proposals not only to extend the mechanism for subsidizing grain transport from remote regions, but also plans to propose steps to improve it. This was stated to journalists in Krasnodar by Anatoly Kutsenko, Director of the Department of Economics, Investments, Regulation of Agroindustry Markets of the Ministry of Agriculture, Interfax reported.