In January, 382 samples were received at the Expert Veterinary Laboratory of the Omsk Reference Center of the Rosselkhoznadzor (Omsky Biocluster member), with which 1041 tests were conducted. 
The Krasnoyarsk Territory became the third region after the Tomsk region and the Krasnodar Territory, in which specific government support measures in the field of organic agriculture were officially adopted and the first, which legally approved the support of organic exporters. 
For 2019, the Seed Production and Plant Protection Department of the Omsk Reference Center of the Rosselkhoznadzor (Omsky Biocluster member) analyzed 11,402 samples from 3,874 seed lots with a total weight of 3,768 tons, collected in 465 farms of the Omsk region. 
The result of eight years of reforming the beef cattle breeding sector was an increase in breeding stock. According to data at the beginning of 2019, the number of pedigree cattle of all breeds in Kazakhstan amounted to 824,000 heads, or 11.5% of the total cattle population. For comparison, in 2011 this figure was 5.6% of the total livestock of 5.7 million heads of cattle or 319,000 breeding stock. 
Experts at the Laboratory for Quality and Safety of Animal and Plant Products, Feed and Environmental Objects of the Omsk Reference Center of the Rosselkhoznadzor (Omsky Biocluster member) identified dairy products that do not comply with regulatory documentation. 
According to the EU agricultural forecast for 2019-30, meat consumption per capita in the EU has so far shown an upward trend. But by 2030, meat consumption in the EU is expected to decline from 69.8 kg to 68.7 kg per capita. 
Students of the Omsk State Agrarian University visited the Expert Veterinary Laboratory of the Omsk Reference Center of the Rosselkhoznadzor with a tour (both institutions are the Omsky Biocluster member). 
U.S. soybean futures rose in early trade on Friday, hovering below an 18-month high hit in the previous session, as bullish hopes that China will ramp up soy purchases following a recently struck trade deal supported the market.