Sale of 500 thousand tons of grain from the Intervention Fund, planned for sale for export, will begin in June 2018. This was reported by Anatoly Kutsenko, Director of the Department of Economics, Investments and Regulation of Agromarkets of the Ministry of Agriculture at the 'Where is the Margin-2018' Agrarian Conference. 
February 2, Minister of Agriculture and Food of Omsk region Maxim Chekusov held an expanded interdepartmental meeting on the participation of Omsk companies in SIAL China 2018. 
European media are actively discussing the statements of Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev and Minister of Agriculture Alexander Tkachev about the intention of the Government of the Russian Federation to make Russian organic agriculture a driver of development. 
Cherkizovo Group, the largest and vertically integrated meat and feed producer group in Russia, has chosen Topigs Norsvin as their preferred genetic partner. 
Titan-Agro LLC (member of Omsky Biocluster) received new equipment in the production and technological laboratory of Feed Mill Pushkinsky - a modern infrared analyzer. 
Experts of Omsk SIBAGROCOMPLEX-BIO LLC (member of Omsky Biocluster) within the Interregional Center for Agro Industry Engineering carry out a comprehensive audit of the herd on reproductive issues in SEC Nelyubino Company (Tomsk region). 
Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich assumes the possibility of updating legislation on the use of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in Russia. 
January 2018, the updated Ranking Web of Universities (Webometrics-2018) was published. Omsk State Agrarian University (member of Omsky Biocluster) took 10 491th place among 27 000 universities of the world, 290th position - among Russian universities (from 1 197 educational institutions).