Alexey Morgunov, the OmSAU (member of Omsky Biocluster) project manager for wheat breeding, an employee of the International Corn and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), headquartered in Mexico, was awarded the International Award of the American Plant Growers Society. 
The Russian confectionery market recorded almost complete import substitution, domestic producers intend to squeeze out foreign competitors in premium segments, the Confectionery Market Research Center (CICR) reports. 
Two large foreign companies - Gruppo Cremonini and Savencia - intend to invest in projects in Bashkiria, the region with the largest cattle stock in the country as of October 1. 
November 24-25, Omsk agrarians will present the achievements of the agro-industrial complex and share their experience within the annual Siberian agro-industrial exhibition-fair, which will be held in Omsk in the regional Congress Hall and in the adjacent square. 
The Ministry of Agriculture of Russia selected regions with a significant balance surplus of grain. As for Omsk region, its inclusion in the list (only 13 regions) is associated with a 30.4% increase in grain reserves by the start of the 2017/18 season. 
In the near future, the educational and scientific center for endoscopic surgery of the Veterinary Clinic of Omsk State Agrarian University (member of Omsky Biocluster) will open. It will be the first specialized center in Omsk to teach the manual skills of surgery on large biological objects. 
October 31, the Deputy Minister of Agriculture of the Russian Federation, Evgeny Gromyko, held a working meeting with the vice-chairman of the Daelim Industrial Co, Hae-Wook Lee. The main theme was the issue of participation of South Korean investors in the construction of agro-logistics infrastructure on the territory of Russia, as well as general issues of development of bilateral trade in agricultural products and food between both countries. 
The Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation has developed the organic products bill, Russian Agriculture Minister Alexander Tkachev said in an interview with Rossiyskaya Gazeta.