70 thousand turkeys were destroyed due to the avian influenza virus. This is reported by the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Administration for Rostov, Volgograd and Astrakhan regions and the Republic of Kalmykia. 
May 17, 2017 business delegation of manufacturers of the Republic of Kazakhstan will visit with a trade mission Omsk. The organizers of the business mission are Omsk Chamber of Commerce and Industry (member of Omsky Biocluster) and National Company KAZAKHINVEST of the Ministry of Investments and Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan. 
According to the results of Q1 2017, Russia produced 1.56 million tons of poultry for slaughter (live weight). This is 3.5% more than in the same period last year. 
April 25, 2017 Regional Scientific and Practical Conference of Young Scientists 'Biotechnologies in Agriculture, Industry and Medicine', accredited by Foundation for the Promotion of Innovation as a pre-accelerator of 'UMNIC Program' took place in Scientific Agricultural Library of Omsk State Agrarian University. 
April 17 - 21, 2017, Titan-Agro LLC (participant of Omsky Biocluster) joined the action of the Russian Union of Machine Builders 'Week without turnstiles'. Schoolchildren and students of higher and secondary professional educational institutions took part in the action. 
The first train with goods from Russia to China reached last weekend the final point of the new route - the city of Ganzhou, eastern Jiangxi Province. This is reported by TASS. 
April 1 - 20, 2017, 147 samples were taken to the Expert Veterinary Laboratory of Omsk Reference Center of Rosselkhoznadzor, with which 312 tests were conducted. In 13 cases, specialists found inconsistency of regulatory documentation. 
Сlusters of Omsk region, as well as existing instruments of state support, were discussed at the forum's discussion site on April 19-20, 2017. The event was attended by Governor of Omsk region Viktor Nazarov, heads of regional ministries of economy and agriculture, members of the general council of the All-Russian Public Organization Business Russia, as well as representatives of financial institutions, development institutions, business community.