In 2018, the state support of the agro-industry will be increased by 10%, Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich said at the regional agrarian conference in Stavropol on Tuesday. "It was decided to increase support from the federal budget this year by about 10% compared to last year," he said. 
The Russian Federation intends to increase the production of grain, oilseeds and potatoes by 2030, said Petr Chekmarev, who heads the department of plant growing of the Ministry of Agriculture. 
According to the Confectionery Market Research Center, exports of confectionery products of Russian production in 2017 grew by 5.9% compared to 2016 and amounted to 430.4 thousand tons worth $ 982 million. Despite the increase in exports, a historic record of 2013, when abroad was sent sweets at $ 1.18 billion, is not overcome. 
March 21-22 St. Petersburg will host the III International Conference POULTRY-2018. Leading experts and companies of the poultry industry will take part in the event. The organizer of the event is the Sphere Publishing House. 
From February 26 to March 2, the agronomists of agricultural enterprises and departments of agriculture and foodstuffs of municipal districts of Omsk region undergo an additional professional program 'Strategy and Tactics of Adaptive Technologies in Plant Growing' at the Institute of Additional Professional Education of Omsk State Agrarian University (member of Omsky Biocluster). 
Head of the State Duma Committee on Labor, Social Policy and Veterans Affairs Yaroslav Nilov wrote a letter to Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev with a proposal to prohibit the baking of bread from fodder grain. 
Kazakhstan imposed a ban on the rent of agricultural land by foreigners. Now foreign citizens can not use or lease agricultural land in Kazakhstan, even if the foreign share in the company is only 1%. Previously, foreigners were allowed to lease land for up to ten years. 
March 6, Irkutsk hosted an Industrial Forum 'Growth Engines: Spatial Development', initiated by the United Russia Party. Secretary of the General Council of the Party Andrey Turchak and coordinator of the federal party project 'Growth Engines' Denis Kravchenko were presented projects in the Siberian Federal District, implemented by Titan Group (a subsidiary of Titan Group, Titan-Agro LLC, is a member of Omsky Biocluster).