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Omsk has completed the harvest

The harvesting of grain and leguminous crops has been completed in all districts of the Omsk region. In total, about 2 million hectares were threshed, or 100% of the plan, 3,084,000 tons of grain were threshed with an average yield of 15.4 c / ha.

EU backs first artificial meat startup

The Meat4All research consortium, led by the Spanish company BioTech Foods, has won a € 2.7 million grant under the European Union's Horizon 2020 program. The funds received will be used for research and development, including improving the technology for the production of artificial meat, conducting tests to assess safety, as well as promoting Meat4All products on the global market. The consortium plans to establish mass and competitive production for the sale of cultivated meat by July 2022.

Arla unveils UK’s first dairy farm fuel station

Dairy cooperative Arla is transforming cow manure from its UK farms into vehicle-friendly fuel in a major new trial.

Russia and China will agree on a road map for $ 200 billion

Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation Maxim Reshetnikov and Minister of Commerce of the PRC Zhong Shan held the 23rd meeting of the Russian-Chinese subcommittee on trade and economic collaboration via videoconference. Ministers discussed a broad economic agenda ahead of high-level talks scheduled for the fall. The meeting was devoted to the issues of intensifying bilateral collaboration in the context of combating the spread of coronavirus infection and diversifying the forms of trade and economic ties between Russia…

Argentina first approved GMO wheat in the world

Argentine biotech company Bioceres was allowed to grow genetically modified wheat. Thus, Argentina became the first country in the world to approve the cultivation of this type of wheat.

Tests: Air with mold was found in refrigerators

In September, the Expert Veterinary Laboratory of the Omsk Reference Center of the Rosselkhoznadzor (Omsky Biocluster member) received 6 air samples from refrigeration chambers for testing microbiological parameters as part of the production control.

Russia: This year's harvest will exceed the previous

This year's harvest will exceed last year's - more than 126 million tons of grain have already been harvested. Such conclusions follow from the report of the Ministry of Agriculture of Russia at the meeting of the Government of the Russian Federation.

9 months of 2020: Results

For the first 9 months of this year in Russia, 4.2 million tons of unrefined sunflower oil and its fractions were produced, which is 11.7% more than the same period a year earlier. This was reported by Rosstat.