In South American countries, agriculture has traditionally been represented by small and medium family farms operating their own land and capital. However, in recent decades, a trend toward farm consolidation and the rise of large corporate farming structures has been observed in countries such as Argentina and Brazil. The present article describes...

The shares of Ukrainian publicly-listed agroholdings have fallen in the recent time. Among the main reasons are the expected launch of land market in Ukraine, growth of lease prices for farmland and drop in prices for agricultural commodities. For now, the list of affected companies includes Astarta, MHP, Kernel and Ovostar. In particular, Astarta...

Russia’s leading premix producer Megamix plans to acquire 72.9% of an agroholding Yurma, based in Chuvash Republic in the west of Russia. Yurma operates 20,000 hectares of farmland and is engaged in crop, poultry and pork production. In 2018, the company reported net profit of $ 4.1 million. Back in 2017, Yurma’s assets were estimated at $ 125...

MHP, a Ukraine-based vertically integrated agroholding, reports to have increased poultry production 18% to 540,130 tonnes within nine months of 2019, as compared to the same period last year. At the same time, poultry production in Q3 2019 rose 24% and amounted to 186,560 tonnes, as compared to Q3 2018. Such growth was due to the launch of new...

Cherkizovo, a Russia-based vertically integrated agroholding, plans to construct an oil refinery plant in the Lipetsk region of Russia in cooperation with Rosselkhozbank. The plant will produce soybean meal and oil. The worth of the project is estimated at $ 101.5 million. Daily processing capacity of the plant is expected to reach 2,500 tonnes of...