According to the results of 4 months of 2017, poultry production for slaughter in live weight in agricultural organizations amounted to about 2 million tons, which is 4.3% more than the same period in 2016. 
The Ministry of Agriculture of Russia believes that now there is no need to regulate the price of meat through commodity interventions. This is reported by Izvestia with reference to the press service of the Ministry. 
Russia's fat-and-oil union is preparing an appeal to the Ministry of Economic Development with a request to introduce additional restrictions on the export of sunflower seeds, Kommersant reports. 
The Ministry of Industry and Trade has developed a program to support domestic manufacturers of machinery and equipment for the food and processing industries. It is launched for the first time and will operate until December. 
May 24, 2017 the First Deputy Minister of Agriculture of Russia Dzhambulat Khatuov and the Director of the Department of Livestock and Breeding Kharon Amerkhanov held an all-Russian meeting on improving the breeding base in dairy cattle (information of the Press Service of the Ministry of Agriculture of Russia). 
May 24, 2017 in the Siberian Cossack Institute of Technology and Management (a branch of MGUTU, member of Omsky Biocluster) XVIII International Scientific and Practical Conference "THEORETICAL KNOWLEDGE - IN PRACTICAL WORKS" was held. The conference was attended by representatives of state authorities and local governments, employers, scientific and vocational teachers of vocational education institutions of higher and secondary educational institutions, researchers and teachers of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Republic of Belarus. 
According to the results of the accelerated program of the Agency for Strategic Initiatives, six projects received proposals for cooperation from potential partners and investors, Natalya Kremnieva, deputy director of the Social Projects Department of the ASI, said. 
January-April 2017, the volume of investments in fixed assets of agricultural enterprises in the Republic of Kazakhstan amounted to 47.2 billion tenge (more than $ 150 million).