The Government of the Omsk region signed an agreement with Stargorod-Agro LLC. The company has been operating since 2011, registered in Andreevka (Omsky district), with the main activity 'growing grain, leguminous crops and oilseeds'. 
Cherkizovo Group plans to export more than 3,300 tons of poultry products to China in the near future. The amount of contracts concluded with importers is more than $ 8 million, according to investment holding FINAM. Six Cherkizovo Group companies have the right to supply to China. 
On June 27, a meeting of the Public Council chaired by Anatoly Adabir was held at the Ministry of Agriculture and Food of the Omsk region. Minister Nikolai Drofa told about the current situation in the region in connection with the introduction of an emergency mode, due to overmoistening of the soil.
Specialists of the Laboratory of Quarantine Phytosanitary Examinations and Surveys of the Omsk Reference Center of the Rosselkhoznadzor (Omsky Biocluster member) confirmed their competence by taking part in the Interlaboratory Comparison Tests. 
Until the end of this year, the Ministry of Agriculture of Russia plans to develop new measures to support high-tech enterprises processing grain. This was announced by Deputy Minister of Agriculture Oksana Lut during an event dedicated to the start of construction of the Rustark production complex in the Lipetsk region.
During his working visit to the Omsk region, First Deputy Chairman of the Board of Russian Agricultural Bank JSC (Omsk branch is the Omsky Biocluster member) Kirill Levin met with the Deputy Chairman of the Omsk region Government Dmitry Ushakov. The parties discussed the expansion of collaboration, including in terms of financing export-oriented companies and promising areas of the agro-industry development. 
Export prices of Russian wheat declined last week with an increase in supply after the start of harvesting a new crop, which smoothed the effect of risks associated with hot weather, analysts say. The price of a ton of wheat with a 12.5-percent protein content dropped by the end of last week by $ 1 compared with the previous week - to $ 194 free-board in Novorossiysk, IKAR reported. 
Reducing the supply of pork in the domestic market and the ongoing trade war with the United States could lead to a sharp rise in pork prices, officials say. ASF in China creates a storm in the domestic pork market, and representatives of the Ministry of Agriculture are already predicting a 70% jump in pork prices, according to Nikkei Asian Review.