In the Saratov region, the first Oil Forum of the Volga region took place.

At the end of January, the first Oilseed Forum of the Volga Region was held in Saratov, organized by the AgroIndustrial Union of the Volga Region, Ural, and Siberia. The event became a new industry platform for dialogue between agricultural producers, processors, science, financial institutions, and authorities. The forum brought together more than two hundred representatives of the agrarian business and the expert community from the Volga Region and was dedicated to key issues of the development of oilseed crops—sunflower, soybean, rapeseed, and flax—under climatic, technological, and market challenges. Strategy, market, and technologies The central event of the first day was the plenary session "Oilseed crops in the Volga Region: new challenges and prospects." Welcoming remarks to the participants were made by Marat Alimbekov, Deputy Minister of Agriculture of the Saratov Region, Petr Chekmarev, Deputy President of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Chairman of the Committee of ...