Minister of Agriculture of the Russian Federation Alexander Tkachev participated in a meeting of the Government of the Russian Federation, during which amendments to the Federal Law 'On Leasing' were considered. The bill proposes to consider as a subject of leasing not only breeding animals, but also cattle of specialized meat breeds from Russia. 
May 17, 2017 Minister of Agriculture and Food of Omsk region Maksim Chekusov held a briefing and talked about the progress of the sowing campaign. 
Veterinary safety issues were considered at the meeting of the Government of Kazakhstan. Today, the livestock of animals in Kazakhstan is about 27 million head, including 6.5 million head of cattle, 18.1 million head of sheep and goats, 2.2 million horses and 177.6 thousand camels, and also 36.7 million birds. Since the beginning of this year, 23 seat of diseases have been recorded. Stabilization of the epizootic situation is noted for such diseases as viral diarrhea and epizootic lymphangitis. 
The Ministry of Agriculture of Russia can impose restrictions on the import from Europe of meat recyclables, including meat-and-bone meal. This was learned by Kommersant from several sources who participated in meetings held in mid-May under the leadership of the Director of the Department for Regulation of the Markets of the Agroindustrial Complex Vladimir Volik. 
The Government of Canada is supporting innovation in agriculture to capitalize on growth opportunities and create jobs for Canadians. Budget 2017 sets the ambitious goal of growing Canada’s agri-food exports to $75 billion annually by 2025. 
May 4, 2017, the French authorities lowered the risk level for avian influenza from 'moderate' to 'insignificant' against the backdrop of the development of positive dynamics in the industry. 
The US agreed on the supply of beef to the PRC. Now the countries are going to resolve the issues of delivering Chinese cooked poultry to the US as soon as possible. This is reported by TASS with reference to the US Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross. 
In April 2017, 172 samples were taken to the Laboratory of Quality and Safety of Products of Animal and Plant Origin, Feed and Environment of Omsk Reference Center of Rosselkhoznadzor (member of Omsky Biocluster). 1335 tests were carried out, 18 cases of discrepancy of normative documentation were revealed.