Implementation of the pilot project 'Creating an Experimental-Technological Platform of Precision Farming' has been launched in Kazakhstan. So, the experimental landfill is organized on an area of 3 thousand hectares in Akmola region.
On January 23, a meeting took place between the Omsky Biocluster CEO Dmitry Romanenko, Chairman of the StartUpAcademia Board of Trustees Andrey Vizmintinov and the rector of Omsk State Medical University Maria Livzan.
Specialists of the Laboratory of quality and safety of products of animal and vegetable origin, feed and environmental objects of the Omsk Reference Center (Omsky Biocluster member) found an elevated T-2 toxin content in the feed grain of corn.
On January 22, a meeting with Victor Sobolev, Director of the Omsk Regional Business Incubator, was held in the business incubator of the Omsk State Agrarian University (Omsky Biocluster member). 
The business trips card to the APEC forum member countries (the APEC map) enables Russian entrepreneurs to undertake regular business trips to the following countries: Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Vietnam, Hong Kong (China), Indonesia, China, chinese Taiwan, Korea, Mexico, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Singapore, Thailand, Philippines, Chile, Japan. 
The Chinese government is urging farmers to rebuild their pig herds and intends to increase imports of pork for their reserves. The ongoing crisis in the pig industry in China because of the ASF is forcing the government to provide pork supplies for its reserves, an official at the Ministry of Agriculture said in an interview with Reuters. 
The Department of Agrarian Policy of the Voronezh Region in 2019 will create a cluster for the raw materials deep processing. The main focus will be on the development of grain deep processing in order to reduce the country's dependence on imports. 
The Laboratory of Quality and Safety of Products of Animal and Plant Origin, Feed and Environmental Objects of the Omsk Reference Center of the Rosselkhoznadzor (Omsky Biocluster member) for 2018 received 3,941 samples, with which 35,760 studies were conducted. As a result, experts identified 216 samples of non-compliant regulatory documentation.