The results of the UMNIK contest for 2018 have been summed up. The event is organized by the The Foundation for Assistance to Small Innovative Enterprises in Science and Technology (Omsky Biocluster partner). Young researchers from 18 to 30 years old competed for receiving a grant in the amount of 500,000 RUR ($ 7,777) and the implementation of an innovative project. 
The Chinese government announced the removal of quarantine in 90% of the districts where it was introduced earlier due to the African swine fever spread, the Vice Minister of Agriculture of China Yu Kangzhen said on March 19. 
On March 1 - 15, 88 samples were sent to the Expert Veterinary Laboratory of the Omsk Reference Center of the Rosselkhoznadzor (Omsky Biocluster Member), with which 268 tests were carried out. As a result, experts identified five cases of non-compliance with the requirements of regulatory documents. 
From 2019, the Omsk region will start supporting farmers in the acquisition of drying currents. 
The authorities of the Siberian regions plan to create a consortium for the grain export to large foreign buyers and to simplify the export of wheat, problems with which have been observed in the Siberian Federal District (SFO) in the last two years. The agreement on the consortium creation is scheduled to be signed in Omsk in June, the Governor of the Omsk region, Alexander Burkov, said on Monday. 
According to the latest report published by the Committee on the General Organization of Agricultural Markets, pork exports from Europe tripled over the past 20 years, reaching from 1 238 138 tons in 1998 to 3 927 308 tons in 2008. A comparison with 1995 (881,011 tons) shows that European exports have quadrupled over the past 23 years. 
Today, the supply of meal as the main product of the processing of oilseed raw materials, along with vegetable oils to China, is impossible due to the lack of a mechanism for allowing Russian companies to enter the Chinese market. However, the supervisory authorities of Russia and China agree on a phytosanitary requirements protocol for the supply of meal and cake to China. 
On March 13 - 15, the AgroWorld Uzbekistan 2019 international agro-industrial exhibition was held in the capital of Uzbekistan, Tashkent. The industry experts consider the exhibition to be the main meeting point for the farmers of Uzbekistan with world manufacturers and suppliers. The forum was represented by companies from 17 countries of the world. Omsky Biocluster at the event was presented Omsk Experimental Plant FSUE.