The Minister of Agriculture and Food of the Omsk Region, Nikolai Drofa, held a conference call on the emergency situation in the region. The main attention was paid to determining the boundaries of those areas where there is a waterlogging or overwetting of the soil to introduce emergencies, as well as insurance of crops and the fight against plant diseases. 
The VIIth International Congress of the Vavilov's Society of Genetics and Breeders (VOGiS), dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the Department of Genetics and Biotechnology of St. Petersburg State University, was held June 18-22 and gathered more than 1,000 participants from around the world. The forum was attended by researchers of the Omsk State Agrarian University (Omsky Biocluster member). 
Vietnam is ready to move from pork production to the production of other types of meat, such as beef and poultry, to cover the shortage of pork, generated by a massive reduction in the national pig head after an ASF outbreak. 
On July 22 - 28, the largest agrotechnical exhibition-fair Agro Omsk-2019 will take place in Omsk. The exhibition is organized by the Ministry of Agriculture and Food of the Omsk region and the Agency for Development and Investment of the Omsk region. 
Russian Agricultural Bank JSC (Omsk branch is the Omsky Biocluster member) and the Russian Export Center have launched a joint acceleration program for manufacturers of domestic products of the agro-industry, focused on export. The program provides a set of educational, financial and non-financial measures aimed at developing the export potential of Russian companies and bringing them to foreign markets. Five food producers will take part in the pilot program, for each of which individual road maps will be drawn up… 
Experts from the Veterinary Expert Laboratory of the Omsk Reference Center of the Rosselkhoznadzor (Omsky Biocluster member) successfully confirmed the high level of their qualifications by participating in the prestigious International Comparative Testing. 
The extension of the food embargo in response to US and EU sanctions against the Russian Federation no longer affects the prices of goods, its effect was exhausted at the beginning of 2016, senior analyst of the sovereign ratings and forecasting of the Analytical Credit Rating Agency Vasilisa Baranova told RIA Novosti. Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin extended the food embargo imposed in response to sanctions against the Russian Federation for a year - until December 31, 2020, the corresponding… 
A feed mill for RUR 1.1 billion ($ 17.53 million) will be built at the site of the Davlekanovsky bread-baking complex No. 1 (Republic of Bashkortostan).