One of the main characteristics of agriculture in the post-socialist countries is its dualistic structure - large and small farms coexist in countries such as Russia or Ukraine beside each other. But how has the relationship between these two forms of farming been? Do they cooperate or compete against each other? In an attempt to answer these...

Prodimex, Russia’s largest landowner and leading sugar producer, intends to close its dairy farms for 4,500 cows in the Voronezh region of Russia. In addition, Prodimex will launch three innovative dairy farms for 8,400 cows in cooperation with Russia’s largest milk producer EkoNiva. One of the farms is to be launched in the upcoming days, while...

Rusmolco, a Russian agroholding, affiliated with Singapore’s Olam International, started producing crop seeds. The company has already invested over RUB 300 million ($ 4.5 million) in the seed plant in the Penza region of Russia. Currently, the production capacity of the plant is 10 tonnes per hour and is expected to reach 25,000 tonnes per year....

Promagro holding, a vertically integrated agroholding engaged in crop and pork production, intends to allocate 5,000 hectares in the Smolensk region of Russia for flax cultivation. According to the company, up to 40% out of this farmland area has been abandoned for about 20 years. The process of farmland reintegration is expected to be completed in...