The Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation predicts the gross harvest of grain crops in the country in 2019 at the level of 2018 (110M tons), Interfax reports, citing information prepared by the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation. 
Omsk regional Branch of the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) scolded the head of the regional Ministry of Agriculture for publicly announcing the rise in price for bread. FAS believes that statements about the rise in prices for bread can lead to violations of antitrust laws, SuperOmsk reports. 
Rusagro Group, a major Russian producer of sugar, pork, margarine and mayonnaise, expects to produce more than half of its products in China in the future. 
According to the forecast of the Indonesian Palm Oil Association (GAPKI), global palm oil production in 2019 will grow to 51.6M tons, reports Reuters. 
The Minister of Agriculture and Food of Omsk region, Maxim Chekusov, during the press conference, speaking about the annual shortage of wagons for elevators, noted that in this regard, Omsk region works better than many other regions. This season, 170% of grain was shipped compared to the past, and almost 1M tons were exported by rail. In September, 26 railway freight car were loaded, in October - 45, now - 75 ones per day. 
Tula entrepreneur Maxim Prokofiev acquired 99.98% of the shares of Omsky Meat Processing Plant JSC as part of the bankruptcy of the Omsk company Mostovik. The initial price of the lot was 45M RUR. A block of shares was put up for sale in August 2018, with a consequent reduction in price. As a result, Maxim Prokofiev acquired a stake in the company for 9.5M RUR. 
American Cargill Incorporated will build in the Lipetsk Special Economic Zone (Lipetsk SEZ) a plant for the production of finished animal feed for 3.7B RUR ($ 56.41M). 
Any equipment requires timely updates, upgrades. For this repair and service enterprises exist in any region. The Ministry of Agriculture of Bashkortostan decided that it was important to unite their work and initiated the creation of the Association of Repair and Service enterprises of the Republic of Bashkortostan.