On average, the wholesale price for chicken in January amounted to 117.2 thousand rubles per ton ($1773), which is 21.8 % more than a year ago. In wholesale, on January 14, the price was fixed at 152.7 rubles per kilogram ($2.31). This is 22.4 % more than in 2018. 
On January 24, a meeting was held in the government of the Moscow Region on the participation of technoparks near Moscow in support measures implemented by the Ministry of Economic Development of Russia. The event was held by the Ministry of Investments and Innovations of the Moscow region together with the Association for the development of clusters and technology parks of Russia. 
The head of the Ministry of Agriculture, Dmitry Patrushev, during a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, said that in 2019 the grain harvest could be about 108-110 million tons. 
Heads and chief specialists of leading Omsk enterprises visited the Omsk Experimental Plant FSUE (Omsky Biocluster member). The event was part of a project to share best management practices and promote lean manufacturing between enterprises in the Omsk region, implemented with the support of the Omsk Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Omsky Biocluster member). 
In December 2018, 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 taking part in the prestigious International Comparative Testing. 
The UK exported 19,500 tons of fresh / frozen pork in November 2018, increasing shipments by 5% compared with the same month in 2017, according to the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB). 
On January 25, Mezheninovskaya Poultry Farm LLC (Kopylovo, near Tomsk) launched the first stage of an oil-processing plant. 
On January 17, AvtoSpetsMash LLC (Omsk) became the venue for the regional meeting Material and Technical Support of the Agro-Industry Companies of the Omsk Region in 2018, Challenges and Prospects for Development in 2019. The event took place under the patronage of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food of the Omsk region.