Rosselkhoznadzor (at the request of the World Trade Organization) abolished the ban on the importation into the Russian Federation of live pigs, pork and other pig products from EU countries since December 6. This was stated by the representative of the agency Yulia Melano, the agency TASS reported. 
Animal protein production is expanding around the world, and increasing competition —between the species for share of consumer wallet and between exporters for access to import destinations— is creating many areas of opportunity for both producers and processors, according to RaboResearch’s Animal Protein Outlook for 2018. 
Meeting was held In the Omsk region at which issues of ASF prevention were considered. 
Gross harvest of soybeans in Russia in season-2017/18 will again be record and will make 3.6 million tons. But even these volumes will not satisfy the needs of the domestic market and processing enterprises, which increase production volumes, says Anna Bulatova, analyst of APK-Inform. 
Following the results of 10 months of 2017, the Russian Agricultural Bank (Omsk branch is a member of Omsky Biocluster) sent about 797 billion rubles ($ 13.59 billion) to support the domestic agro-industrial complex, which is comparable to the indicator for January-October 2016. Of these, 235 billion rubles ($ 4.01 billion) were issued for seasonal work (14% more than in the previous year). The volume of loans for investment purposes for the reporting period exceeds 186 billion rubles ($ 3.17… 
By 2030, the production of machinery and equipment for the food industry in Russia is planned to increase 3-fold in comparison with the current level, and the annual growth rates of export supplies of this product will amount to 10%. Such indicators are contained in the draft Strategy for the Development of Mechanical Engineering for the Food and Processing Industry of the Russian Federation for the period until 2030, developed by the Ministry of Industry and Trade, the press service… 
The Omsk Regional Export Support Center once again held a 'The Best Exporter of Omsk Region' contest among small and medium-sized enterprises. 20 companies of the region took part in the competition. 
December 5, a working meeting of the Omsky Biocluster CEO with the Deputy Governor of Kemerovo region on the agro-industrial complex Elena Zhidkova within the framework of the events of the Siberian Agro-Industrial Forum (Kemerovo) was held.