A free webinar The Market of Starch Products in a Pandemic: Development Trends will be held May 28, 2020. The duration of the event is 1.5 hours. To participate in the webinar you need to go through a simple registration link. The speakers of the webinar will be Daria Snitko and Pavel Paramonov. 
US and other countries unite to oppose EU dairy purchases. The European Union's plan to buy up skim milk powder and butter from European producers is spurring U.S. producers to join in protest with farmers from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Paraguay and Uruguay. The broad coalition says it is fearful the EU’s plan to purchase the dairy commodities at below-market prices and sell them into the international market will depress global prices and hurt non-European producers. 
In April, the Laboratory of Quality and Safety of Products of Animal and Plant Origin, Feed and Environmental Objects of the Omsk Reference Center of the Rosselkhoznadzor (Omsky Biocluster member) received 338 samples. 
In January-March 2020, the Pushkinsky Feed Mill (a separate division of Titan-Agro LLC, Omsky Biocluster member) showed the best result in product sales in the same period for the entire period of the company’s operation. The volume of sales in the Q1 2020 increased three times. 
Alexander Burkov discussed with the head of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation Dmitry Patrushev the problems of illegal grain export. A meeting on tracking and accounting for the export of agricultural products and grain from the territory of the Russian Federation, in particular, was held online. 
The Unusual Concepts analysts believe that Russian manufacturers and retailers are reorienting themselves to cheap food. According to them, in self-isolation, Russians are reluctant to spend money on food products of higher price categories. Analysts were based, inter alia, on official statistics and data provided by retailers. 
In April, 27 samples were received at the Expert Veterinary Laboratory of the Omsk Reference Center of the Rosselkhoznadzor (Omsky Biocluster member), with which 873 tests were conducted. As a result, experts identified 48 cases of non-compliance with regulatory requirements. 
The Rosspetsmash Association sent a letter to the head of the Russian government Mikhail Mishustin with proposals to support manufacturers of specialized equipment. Russian machine builders asked the government to lift restrictions on grain exports, the export of which is prohibited from May 1 to July 1, as exporters chose a quota for this agricultural year.