The global situation of soybeans is not easy because of the trade war between the United States and China, which began last spring, the Head of the Refinitiv Agriculture Research, Daniel Redo, confirms. Due to high stocks, world prices for soybeans are declining, but in Russia soybean meal is not getting cheaper. 
Vnesheconombank, which controls Eurodon Group, summed up the preliminary results on the assessment of the enterprises in the group. This was told by a source close to the company management. The work, which began in the winter of 2018, showed that the preliminary market value of the asset can be at least 10 billion RUR ($ 152.86 million). 
In 2019, Rusagro plans to commission a granary in the Mikhailovsky District of Primorye as part of an investment project. According to the executive director of Rusagro-Primorye LLC Sergey Lysenko, the construction of buildings and infrastructure is underway. 
According to the Department of International Relations of the Omsk State Agrarian University (Omsky Biocluster member), a cooperation agreement with the Cukurova University, Adana, Turkey has been concluded . 
Deputy Director of the Rosspetsmash Association (the Russian Association of Manufacturers of Purpose-Built Machinery and Equipment) Denis Maksimkin at the plenary session of the Agro-Industrial Forum, which was organized as part of the international exhibition AgroComplex-2019, said that the Russian agricultural equipment took 60% of the Russian market.
Spring and sowing campaigns are approaching. The Laboratory of Quarantine Phytosanitary Examinations and Surveys of the Omsk Reference Center of the Rosselkhoznadzor (Omsky Biocluster member) began to receive samples of corn seeds from the southern regions of Russia. Experts have already tested about 260 tons. 
The volume of US pork exports in 2018 was only slightly lower than the record level of 2017, and its value decreased by 1% compared with 2017. 
According to the Customs Control Committee of the Kazakhstan Ministry of Finance, the vegetable oils exports in 2018 reached a record volume of 151,800 tons (+ 43% compared to 2017). The main share in shipments is sunflower oil, deliveries to foreign markets of which for the reporting period amounted to 67,900 tons versus 45,000 tons a year earlier.