MAIN NEWS IN THE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR FOR FEBRUARY 3

Oksana Lut and Alexey Gordeev discussed 8 new draft laws in the agricultural sector for the current year. They will affect all the main sub-sectors of the agro-industrial complex. Deputy Chair of the Agrarian Committee of the State Duma Yulia Ogloblina proposed selling abandoned plots to farmers for 1 ruble. She named the condition for this. Russia has refused to import second-hand grain bulk carriers. Such deals turned out to be economically disadvantageous. The transitional period for the rules on the circulation of veterinary drugs in the Eurasian Economic Union will be extended by another 3 years, according to Rosselkhoznadzor. They also explained the procedure for action in case of non-compliance. The Ministry of Agriculture will extend the validity of veterinary regulations on the processing of substandard products into feed. The ministry reminded of the current procedure.