November 20 Siberian Cossack State Institute of Technology and Management (Branch) of the Razumovsky's Moscow State University of Technologies and Management (First Cossack University, Omsky Biocluster member) holds the International Scientific and Practical Conference 'Innovative Technologies of Automated Food Production'. 
For the fall period of 2019, specialists from the Laboratory of Quarantine Phytosanitary Surveys of the Omsk Reference Center of the Rosselkhoznadzor (Omsky Biocluster member) checked 51 samples of potatoes. This is two times higher than last year. 
The epidemic of African swine fever in China has affected the situation in the Baltic meat market. Now meat processing companies in Lithuania are buying raw materials at prices 30% higher than last year. Despite the fact that in September there was some stabilization of prices, business believes that pork will rise in price in the next two to three years. 
The Omsk reference center of Rosselkhoznadzor (Omsky Biocluster member) received a new device: an ultra-fast tandem liquid gas chromatomass spectrometer LCMS-8060 manufactured by Shimadzu. 
On November 7, the Omsk State Agrarian University's Scientific Agricultural Library (Omsky Biocluster member) became the venue for the semi-final of the UMNIK 2019 contest (direction: BIOTECHNOLOGY). 
In October, 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 1344 samples. 1008 samples were investigated, 8677 tests were carried out, 15 positive samples were found. 
According to the results of the XVI Forum of interregional cooperation between Russia and Kazakhstan, Alexander Burkov announced plans to launch a R&D Center for Accelerated Breeding. As a result of the project, partners from neighboring Kazakhstan will be able to receive new varieties of grain crops. 
The research team of the Omsk State Agrarian University (Omsky Biocluster member) received a grant to study the processes of professional self-determination of youth in the context of the digitalization of the economy.