Cargill acquired a stake in the startup Memphis Meats, which developed a technology for growing meat from self-replicating animal cells. This is written by Vedomosti with reference to The Wall Street Journal. 
Top managers and specialists of the company discussed measures of protection from African swine fever. 
The Ministry of Agriculture and Food of Omsk region, at a conference call with the heads of districts and heads of agricultural administrations, discussed the current tasks for the harvest campaign, the process of harvesting fodder and the readiness of agricultural machinery. 
Tomsk region has become a pilot region for the introduction of the all-Russian animal identification system, agronews.com reports. The process will take six months. 
The Office of the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance in Omsk region published on its official website comments regarding the biosecurity of the pig farms in the region. 
The Federal Agency for State Property Management intends to effect the additional capitalization of Russian Agricultural Bank for 25 billion rubles. According to Interfax, the bank will place 25,000 additional ordinary shares with a par value of 1 million rubles. 
August 21, 2017, the Minister of Agriculture of Russia Alexander Tkachev negotiated with the Minister of Food, Agriculture and Light Industry of Mongolia Purev Sergelan, the press service of the Ministry of Agriculture of Russia informs. 
Minister of Agriculture of Russia Alexander Tkachev expects this year to harvest at the level of 102-103 million tons, but there will be no place to store it. Contrary to the fact that the fees will not be record, as last year (120 million tons) the reserves of the past years remain high, Gazeta.ru reports.