Agrochemical Service Center Omsky FSBI has been cooperating with the Omsk State Agrarian University for many years (both are members of Omsky Biocluster) in improving the quality of training future specialists. Recently, another practical lesson of the university students took place. 
The decision to subsidize the expenses of the Russian Railways (RZD) for the transportation of grain in the amount of 3 billion rubles, prepared by the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation, came into force, said the First Deputy Minister of Agriculture of the Russian Federation Dzhambulat Khatuov on Wednesday. 
According to the Center for Confectionery Market Research (CCMR), imports of chocolate and chocolate confectionery products to Russia in the first nine months of 2017 increased by 44% compared to the same period in 2016 to 43.9 thousand tons in the amount of $ 240.4 million. In total, the import of confectionery products of all types for the same period increased by 27% to 163.8 thousand tons in the amount of $ 523.5 million. Meanwhile, the segment of chocolate confectionery products… 
The European Union asks the WTO to apply trade sanctions to Russia for 1.39 billion euros due to the restriction of pork imports, Reuters reports. The EU statement says that Russia has not complied with the WTO decision to import pigs and pork. The request for sanctions against Russia will be sent to the WTO dispute resolution structures on January 3, 2018. The amount of sanctions is calculated as the total cost of these products from the EU in 2013,… 
The draft law on the introduction of the concept of 'geographical name' for legal protection of territorial brands as independent objects of intellectual property was developed in the Federation Council, the speaker of the upper house of parliament Valentina Matvienko stated. 
The Russian government has expanded the scope of application of special investment contracts (SPIC) to the agro-industrial complex. Such a statement was made by Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev at a meeting with vice prime ministers on December 18, the government press service reported. 
According to the results of 2017 in Russia will be produced about 270 thousand tons of turkey meat (in 2016 - 220 thousand tons). Thus, the production growth will be about 23%, the president of the Meat Council of the Single Economic Space Mushegh Mamikonyan estimated. 
The minister said that 2017 was another stage in the dynamic development of the industry. Over the past three years, growth has been more than 11%. According to the results of the current year, the growth of the agro-industrial complex will be about 3%, primarily due to a record grain harvest and the preservation of growth rates in livestock production at the level of 4%.