Miratorg, Russia’s largest meat producer, reports to have exported its first batch of beef to China. The volume of the shipment is 200 tonnes. Miratorg was certified to supply beef to China in early 2020, after seven years of negotiations at the inter-state level, and became the first Russia-based company to have received such permission. The...

The Parliament of Ukraine disclosed that the scale of shadow farmland market in Ukraine comprises 8 million hectares. These farmland areas are operated illegally, bringing no taxes to the state or local budgets. The lately adopted law on farmland sales aims to regulate farmland use and formalize farmland relations in the country. In 2021, land...

Astarta, a Ukraine-based agroholding and leading sugar producer operating 250,000 hectares of farmland, settled the conflict with the ex-director of its subsidiary Dobrobut Oleksandr Kovalenko. Back in 2019, Astarta accused Mr. Kovalenko of intentional termination of land lease agreements between Dobrobut and the owners of land plots operated by...

Niva Pereyaslavshchiny, a vertically integrated Ukrainian crop and pork producer operating 23,000 hectares of farmland, reports its production lines continue operating at full capacity and in full compliance with the hygienic and safety standards during COVID-19 quarantine. The company slaughters 1200 pigs and produces 100 tonnes of finished pork...