CropsA new agriculture ministry decree fixes 31 December as the end date for zero duties on wheat, barley and corn, and freezes sunflower oil and meal duties at August levels instead of letting them float.
CropsSaint Petersburg State University researchers coated soft wheat seed with chitosan and glyoxal; the best method raised potential yield more than 1.5 times in laboratory experiments and cut disease risk.
Russian grain trader Demetra has shipped 60,000 tonnes of wheat to Algeria, the largest wheat consignment sent there in five years.
A pilot project near Moscow is fitting cows with virtual reality headsets showing a summer pasture, to calm them and increase milk production.
Watching the World Cup with a village youth who mistook Iceland's goalkeeper for Messi, Shykh Seraj asks whether football has lost the artistry of old.
