The Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation predicts a record harvest of oilseeds. This year, the area under oilseeds has been increased by 1.3M ha, for the first time in Russian history, amounting to 13.9M ha. The areas under rapeseed (1.5 times, up to 1.6M ha) and mustard (2.2 times, up to 0.3M ha) increased the most of all. 
Analyzes of samples at the Laboratory of Quarantine Phytosanitary Examinations and Surveys of the Omsk Reference Center of the Rosselkhoznadzor (member of Omsky Biocluster) allowed specialists to identify the quarantine pest - western (California) flower thrips. 
The New Year is still far away, but the Rosselkhoznadzor has already made a 'gift' to Russian pork producers, having removed the ban on the import of Brazilian meat from November 1. 
October 31, Eurodon CEO Vadim Vaneev left his post. At the same time, the representative of Vnesheconombank (VEB) explained that now Vaneev will work as Deputy General Director for Development of Eurodon. 
November 1, Omsky Biocluster CEO Dmitry Romanenko met with the Minister of Industry, Transport and Innovative Technologies of Omsk region Andrei Posazhennikov. 
General director of KOTRA Novosibirsk Park Eun Hee, in an exclusive interview with Omsky Biocluster told about the KOTRA goals and the communication tools of the Russian and South Korean business. 
President Trump signed legislation extending the GFSA for five more years, sending a strong signal that the U.S. continues to help end food insecurity and malnutrition around the globe. USDA agricultural research has a big role to play in achieving these goals. 
As of October 29, grain and leguminous crops in Russia were threshed on 43.8M ha (in 2017 - 45.2M ha), which is 97.4% of the planned area. 113.4M tons of grain was harvested (in 2017 - 135.1M tons) with a yield of 25.9 c / ha (in 2017 - 29.9 c / ha).