Lotivka Organic, a subsidiary of Svarog West Group, received the status of an organic crop producer in 2019 for the farmland area of 1,746 hectares. So far, the company reported to have sown organic winter wheat, spring wheat, buckwheat, soybeans, pumpkins, flax and phacelia on a total of 1520 hectares.

Svarog West Group expects to increase its...

Kernel, the largest producer of sunflower oil in Ukraine, acquired a stake of 5.85% in ViOil Holding. ViOil is one of the largest producers and exporters of vegetable oils in Ukraine. The company operates two fat-and-oil processing plants in the Vinnitsa and Chernivtsi regions of Ukraine, as well as a network of grain processing plants and...

Prodimex holding, the largest Russian sugar producer, processed 8.87 million tonnes of sugar beet and produced 1.34 million tonnes of sugar in the 2018/19 cropping season. A year ago, the company processed 10.3 million tonnes of sugar beet and produced 1.48 million tonnes of sugar. The sugar beet yield decreased by 14% from 433 decitonnes per...

JBS SA, the Brazil-based meat producer, purchased the first batch of corn in volume of 30,000 tonnes from Argentina in 2019 for its production needs, the source reports. The main drivers behind this purchase are the high transportation costs of local corn, which make its price uncompetitive. JBS plans to continue purchasing corn from Argentina this...

Rostov Grain Company, a subsidiary of Resource Group of Companies, purchased the Belaya Ptica - Rostov subsidiary of Belaya Ptica Holding. Resource is one the largest Russian poultry producers while Belaya Ptica Holding operates three poultry enterprises in the Rostov region of Russia.

In 2017, Belaya Ptica had a 5% share of the Russian poultry...