Since the beginning of this year, the Omsk branch of the Bank has provided about 3 billion rubles ($ 52.36 million) to small and micro-business enterprises, of which more than 630 million ($ 11 million) were issued to farmers in the region at a preferential rate of no more than 5%. 
The interim results of the harvesting campaign were summed up at a press conference by the Minister of Agriculture and Food of Omsk region Maxim Chekusov. 
The cost of live pigs in Russia in dollar terms fell by 9.0% (in September in relation to August). If we compare with September-2016, the fall was 5.2%, according to the IMIT information-analytical agency. 
The EU looks to roll out new laws to protect farmers from big retailers. Supermarkets insist they are not the profiteers. 
The Government of the Russian Federation approved the adjustment of the current instrument for supporting industrial clusters. 
The 4th meeting of the Subcommittee on Agriculture of the Russian-Chinese Commission introducing the regular meetings of the government heads was held at the Russian Agriculture Ministry with attendance of Deputy Minister of Agriculture of the Russian Federation Yevgeny Nepoklonov and Deputy Minister of Agriculture of the People's Republic of China Qu Dongyuy. 
The introduction of compulsory electronic veterinary certification of goods in Russia is postponed from January 1 to July 1, 2018. Domestic producers of meat and dairy products will be able to take advantage of the postponement without sanctions. 
St. Petersburg stores will sell milk with special QR-codes. If you bring a smartphone to the packaging, the display will show information about the farm with which milk was collected, the date of delivery to the dairy and other data about the product, writes Rossiyskaya Gazeta.