The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) notes that transgenic or genetically modified crops tipped the scales at 185.1 million hectares in 2016 on a global scale. 
Russia in the current agricultural year can export 27.2 million tons of wheat. This forecast was made by the head of the Institute for Agricultural Market Studies Dmitry Rylko, Rg.ru reports. 
Manufacturers of agrimachinery in the Perm Region are planning to create an industrial cluster with the participation of domestic enterprises (Krasnokamsky RMZ, Navigator NM, Bolshaya Zemlya, Tekhnograd) and Russian representative offices of foreign companies (BCS Group, Sitrex, Enorossi), 'Agro.ru' reports. 
The staff of the Expert Veterinary Laboratory of the Omsk Reference Center of the Rosselkhoznadzor confirmed their high level of competence by taking part in Interlaboratory comparative trials. 
Rosselkhozbank (RusAg) intends to allocate about 1.2 trillion rubles for lending to the agro-industrial complex in 2017, said Dmitry Patrushev, chairman of the board of the bank in an interview to Rossiya 24. 
In May 2017, 168 samples were taken to the Expert Veterinary Laboratory of the Omsk Reference Center of Rosselkhoznadzor, with which 527 tests were conducted. As a result, specialists from the Omsk Reference Center (member of Omsky Biocluster) have identified 22 cases of non-compliance with regulatory documentation. 
Deputy Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation Oleg Fomichev took part in the panel session "Localization as a Tool for Forming a Cluster Economy" at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum - 2017. 
May 31, 2017 meeting on the implementation for the Livestock Development Program for 2017-2018 was held in the Ministry of Agriculture of Russia. May 24, 2017, this document was approved by the First Deputy Minister of Agriculture of the Russian Federation Dzhambulat Khatuov, the Press Service of the Russian Ministry of Agriculture informs.