Omsk farmers, thanks to the good autumn weather, are stepping up the pace of harvesting in order to finish the campaign in the optimal agrotechnical time frame. According to weather forecasts, cool weather is expected in the coming days, and sometimes it will rain. 
In recent years, there has been a significant reduction in flour exports and an increase in wheat supplies from Kazakhstan to Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. An alarming situation in the milling industry of South Kazakhstan was announced in the Shymkent Chamber of Entrepreneurs. According to the chamber, about 70% of Shymkent flour mills do not function, due to a decrease in the volume of the external sales market this year, as well as the high cost of wheat. 
The global legal marijuana market size is expected to reach USD 66.3 billion by the end of 2025, according to a new report by Grand View Research, Inc. It is anticipated to expand at a CAGR of 23.9% during the forecast period. Increasing legalization and use of marijuana in medical as well as recreational applications is expected to promote the growth. 
South Korea reported its first cases of African swine fever, becoming the latest country hit by the disease that has killed pigs from China to North Korea, pushing up pork prices worldwide. Five pigs found dead at a farm in Paju, a city near the inter-Korean border, were confirmed to have been infected with the virus, an official with Seoul's agriculture ministry told AFP. 
A meeting of the commission on preventing the spread and elimination of especially dangerous animal diseases in the Omsk region was held at the Ministry of Agriculture and Food of the Omsk region under the chairmanship of the Minister Nikolai Drofa. The commission was attended by government officials and the largest pig-breeding companies. 
September 1 - 15, 309 samples were received at the Expert Veterinary Laboratory of the Omsk Reference Center of the Rosselkhoznadzor (Omsky Biocluster member), with which 817 tests were carried out. As a result, experts identified five cases of non-compliance with regulatory requirements. 
The initiative of the Governor of the Omsk region Alexander Burkov on grain supplies to Southeast Asia through the Northern Sea Route was evaluated by federal experts. Alexander Burkov, as part of the Eastern Economic Forum, has already held talks on loading Omsk grain onto ships and delivering it along the Irtysh and Ob to the port of Sabetta on the Yamal Peninsula, there to be loaded onto ships and transported via the Northern Sea Route to Vladivostok. The head… 
On October 3-4, Omsky Biocluster at the invitation of the Trade Exchange Development Department of the Embassy of Italy (ICE Italy, Moscow Branch) will take part in the IFIB-2019 (International Forum on Industrial Biotechnology and Bioeconomy). IFIB is confirmed as one of the leading events for the circular bioeconomy. The Naples edition will see the presence of some of the most important players at global level and will be the occasion to discuss value chains, education, the role of regions…