Lower EU compound feed production this year
Industrial compound feed production for farmed animals in the EU-28 is estimated at 161.7 million tons for 2019, that is 0.9% lower than in 2018, according to EU feed trade group, FEFAC, citing data provided by its members. 
The Department of Seed Production and Plant Protection of the Omsk Reference Center of the Rosselkhoznadzor (Omsky Biocluster member) began providing laboratory analysis of varietal qualities by electrophoresis.
It becomes a good tradition for students of the Faculty of Economics to visit the business incubator of the Omsk State Agrarian University (Omsky Biocluster member) during the year, where students will learn about the possibilities for implementing their projects at our university. On December 12, students studying Management visited the business incubator.
In early December, the Laboratory of Quality and Safety of Animal and Plant Products, Feed and Environmental Objects of the Omsk Reference Center of the Rosselkhoznadzor (Omsky Biocluster member) received a new atomic absorption spectrometer with electrothermal atomization and deuterium Zeeman's background corrector ZEEnit 650P.
For the first time in a year, China has seen an increase in the number of pigs, O Presente Rural reports citing the PRC Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs.
As of December 10, Ukrainian farmers threshed 75.2 million tons of grain and leguminous crops from an area of 15.2 million hectares, or 99% of the forecast, the press service of the Agricultural Industry Department of the Ministry of Economic Development, Trade and Agriculture of Ukraine said.
December 5 Razumovsky's MSUTU (Omsky Biocluster member) became the venue for the two-day conference Theoretical and Pragmatic Aspects of the Formation of Personality in the Educational Space. Its organizer is the Institute for Social and Humanitarian Technologies. The conference was attended by over 100 people.
Soyuzmoloko predicts a 3-5% increase in the export of dairy products by the end of the year, the Executive Director of the National Union of Milk Producers Artem Belov reported at the conference Agricultural Holdings of Russia 2019.