Omsk Reference Center laboratory of phytosanitary quarantine examinations and surveys identified the seeds of bidens pilosa, a weed included in the Russian list of objects of quarantine concern. 
February 21, 2017, Day of Science celebrations took place in Omsk SAU. Oksana Shumakova, the Rector of Omsk SAU, Deputy Chairman of Omsky Biocluster General Meeting and the Minister of Agriculture and Food of Omsk region, Maksim Chekusov addressed the public with welcoming remarks. The Minister emphasized that nowadays not only the integration of science and production is important but also the interaction between educational and scientific institutions is crucial. Maksim Chekusov visited the Students Design Bureau, familiarized with the… 
A working meeting between Anatoly Shulakov, the head of Omsky Biocluster’s Genetics and Breeding of Cattle Practice, and Maksim Chekusov, the Minister of Agriculture and Food of Omsk region, was held. The issues discussed at the business meeting were related to the prospects of cooperation in supporting of livestock development in Omsk region. 
February 9, 2017, extended agronomic meeting on the results of Omsk region agribusiness performance in the field of crop husbandry in 2016 and objectives for 2017 took place in the regional exhibition center. The meeting was attended by Omsk SAU (member of Omsky Biocluster) scientists, leaders of agricultural organisations and peasant farm holdings, municipal agribusiness authorities, head specialists of agriculture departments, scientists of scientific and educational institutions, staff members of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food of Omsk region, representatives… 
Russian Agricultural Bank (RusAg) provided agricultural producers with financing under the new mechanism of concessional lending at the rate not exceeding 5% per annum. The Bank was the first among authorized credit institutions to start lending under this program. 
Titan-Agro LLC (member of Omsky Biocluster) took part in the scientific and practical conference Problems of Trotting Horse-breeding and Hippodrome Business. Orlov Trotting Breed, held in Moscow. The presented products of Pushkinsky Feed Mill Titan-Agro LLC aroused great interest among the participants of the conference. The main themes of the event were the preservation and growth of trotters, the development of hippodromes, feed quality problems and others. At the conference, the delegation of Titan-Agro LLC presented Pushkinsky Feed Mill (part… 
The training seminar on artificial insemination was held from January 31 to February 2, 2017 within the framework of Omsky Biocluster's Genetics and Breeding of Cattle Practice on the basis of the SIBAGROCOMPLEX Group (member of Omsky Biocluster). Specialists from the farms of Kemerovo, Novosibirsk and Omsk regions came to study. 
February 2, 2017, the First Deputy Minister of Agriculture of the Russian Federation Dzhambulat Khatuov, on behalf of the head of the Ministry of Agriculture of Russia, Alexander Tkachev, held the All-Russian Meeting of Agroengineering services. Mikhail Shchetinin, Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on Agrarian and Food Policy and Nature Management, took part in it.