From 21 to 22 November, the Publishing House "SFERA" in St. Petersburg will hold the second International Specialized Forum "AGRO.PRO. Pig. Selection, Genetics, Feed and Veterinary". Leaders and experts of the core industries will take part in the event. 
Kazakhstan, using obsolete machinery and equipment, loses at least 14% of the gross harvest, which is about 200 billion tenge ($ 595 million). This was stated by the deputy of the Parliament of Kazakhstan Albert Rau, an Informburo.kz portal reported October 23. 
The Poultry Conference 'Modern Trends of Scientific Support in the Development of the Agroindustrial Complex: Basic and Applied Research' was held on October 19 in Omsk. The organizations that are members of Omsky Biocluster (LyBim OVO LLC and OmSAU) took part in the conference. 
The volume of funds provided by the Russian Agricultural Bank (Omsk branch is a member of Omsky Biocluster) to agricultural producers within the soft loan mechanism reached 100 billion rubles ($ 1738.07 million). RusAg is the key partner of the Ministry of Agriculture of Russia for this program, providing the bulk of soft loans at a rate of no more than 5% p.a. 
The first in Russia complex for the industrial production of turkey eggs will appear in Penza. Its launch is scheduled for 2019. Such an agreement was reached between Damate Group, Aviagen Turkeys and regional authorities. 
The Government of Kazakhstan refused to consider the possibility of additional support for domestic grain exporters. This was stated by Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Agriculture Askar Myrzakhmetov, reported on October 20 portal Abctv.kz. 
A record harvest of corn (97.7 million tons), which will exceed the indicator of 2015-16 by as much as 46%, is expected in Brazil. This situation is explained by the increase in arable land for this crop, as well as the yield, the Krestyanskie Vedomosti reports. 
Vnesheconombank financed an export project for the delivery of Russian-made agricultural machinery to Mongolia. This became possible due to the opening by VEB of credit lines for the Development Bank of Mongolia with a limit of issuance totaling $ 10 million.