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The International Competence Center on Large Scale Agriculture (LaScalA) brings together a network of international experts in the field of large farm management. Our major focus is on research into economic, organizational and ethical aspects of large scale farming activities as well as into institutional frameworks that enable the development of large agricultural enterprises. LaScalA project flyer is available here for download.
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12 July 2019
Misconduct in agroholdings: unprecedented grain fraud by Agroinvestgroup
Overview -Just as the fuss over the default of a well-known Ukrainian agroholding Mriya faded away, the Ukrainian agribusiness was shaken by another fraud scandal. Having affected 60% of grain market players, both national and international, the issue is believed to be the biggest grain fraud in the history of Ukrainian agriculture. The present article...
News
17 July 2019
MHP: chicken meat exports up 43%
News -MHP, a Ukraine-based agroholding, has exported 190,500 tonnes of chicken meat in the first half of 2019, a 43% increase compared to the same period last year. The main export destinations were the countries of EU, Middle East, Africa and Asia. Also, MHP has increased chicken meat production 15% to 353,600 tonnes in the first half of 2019, as...
17 July 2019
KSG Agro: debt to LBBW down 63%
News -A Ukraine-based agroholding KSG Agro and German Landesbank Baden-Wuerttemberg (LBBW) have signed a debt restructuring agreement. As a result, LBBW has written off a substantial part of the debt of KSG Agro, which dropped 63% from $ 9.3 million to $ 3.6 million. In total, LBBW provided KSG Agro with a loan of $ 12.9 million. As reported by KSG Agro,...
16 July 2019
IMC to increase revenue 30%
News -IMC, a Ukraine-based agroholding engaged in crop and dairy production, expects to receive $ 170.2 million revenue in 2019, which is 29.3% higher than in 2018 ($ 131.6 million). According to estimations, the company‘s revenue might decline to $ 160.5 million in 2020 and $ 167.9 million in 2021. EBITDA is expected to reach $ 56.7 million in 2019, a...
16 July 2019
Agroliga started harvesting early crops
News -Agroliga, a Ukraine-based agroholding, reported on a start of harvesting campaign. So far, the company has harvested 2,900 hectares of winter wheat from and 500 hectares of winter barley. The average yield of barley reached 5.3-5.9 tonnes per hectare. In the nearest time Agroliga plans to start harvesting spring barley. Agroliga operates 10,000...
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