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28 November 2018

Miratorg launched a premix production plant

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Miratorg, Russia’s largest producer of pork and beef, launched a premix production plant in the Bryansk region of Russia. The production capacity of the plant is 60,000 tonnes per year. The plant produces more than 20 types of premixes in compliance with GOST standards. The total volume of investments in the project exceeds RUB 1 billion ($ 15...

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28 November 2018

Mriya to become the largest potato producer in Ukraine

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Mriya agroholding, operating 165,000 hectares in six regions of Ukraine, intends to become the largest potato producer in Ukraine in 2019. According to Mriya’s CEO Simon Chernyavsky, the area under potatoes will be significantly extended to reach up to 1,000 - 3,000 hectares. In September 2018, Mriya was acquired by SALIC, the Saudi agricultural...

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28 November 2018

Kusto Agro to invest $ 8 million in a dairy farm

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Kusto Agro, a subsidiary of Kusto Group, plans to complete the construction of the Velce dairy farm in the Zhytomyr region of Ukraine by the end of 2020. The dairy farm will be built in two stages and will ultimately consist of 1,200 heads of cattle. The total worth of the investment project is $ 8 million. Kusto Agro is a vertically integrated...

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26 November 2018

EkoNiva Group doubled milk production within 1.5 years

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EkoNiva Group, the Russian ‘daughter’ of the Germany-based company Ekosem-Agrar and Russia’s largest milk producer, has doubled its milk production within the last 1.5 years.

In January-September 2018, the amount of milk production equalled 350,620 tonnes. The daily output for the same period rose from 1,090 tonnes to 1,400 tonnes. According to...

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26 November 2018

MHP to acquire Perutnina Ptuj

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The Ukraine-based agroholding MHP announced the purchase of 90.7% of the issued share capital of the Slovenian group Perutnina Ptuj. The Slovenia-based meat processing corporation operates in 22 countries. MHP plans to increase Perutnina’s sales in the Balkans and in Eastern Europe. On November 12, 2018, the management of MHP and Perutnina Ptuj...

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26 November 2018

Arnika to increase exports

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Arnika, an agroholding operating 20,000 hectares in the Poltava region of Ukraine, plans to export a record volume of 30,000 tonnes of organic products in 2018/19. The company is engaged in the production of organic soybeans, cereals, industrial crops and hemp. The company’s farms are certified according to the standards such as BioSuisse, NOP and...

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23 November 2018

Why agroholdings go bankrupt. The case of Mriya

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Even if financial problems among large farming corporations are less frequent than those among smaller farms, they attract much more public attention due to the negative externalities they may cause. Alibi and KazExportAstyk in Kazakhstan, Belaya Ptitsa and Evrodon in Russia, Sintal Agriculture and Agroton in Ukraine, Pili in Uruguay, Clealco in...

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23 November 2018

Wilmar to invest $ 732 million in the Far East

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Wilmar International, Asia’s leading agribusiness group headquartered in Singapore, plans to invest RUB 46.8 billion ($ 732 million) in a long-term project for the cultivation of soybeans, processing and transshipment of soybean concentrates and oils in the Far East. The project includes the cultivation of soybeans on an area of 600,000 hectares,...

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23 November 2018

JBS signs a $ 1.5 billion supply deal with Alibaba Group

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JBS, the largest beef producer in the world, signed a $ 1.5 billion agreement with Chinese e-commerce  giant Alibaba Group, for the sale of animal protein in China. The three-year deal will allow JBS to export beef, pork and poultry to China and to expand its local B2C and B2B networks. Besides, the company will be able to promote its beef brand...

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22 November 2018

Mriya harvested 457,000 tonnes of grains and oilseeds

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Mriya, an agroholding operating 165,000 ha in six regions of Ukraine, finished the harvesting campaign of grains, oilseeds and potatoes. The agroholding harvested 457,000 tonnes of grains and oilseeds from 137,000 hectares and 23,000 tonnes of potatoes from 635 hectares. At the moment, Mriya continues harvesting sugar beet from about 7,000...

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