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20 September 2018
Agrovalley Limited increased its stake in IMC agroholding
News -Agrovalley Limited, controlled by Aleksandr Petrov, Chairman of the Board of the IMC agroholding, acquired 90,000 shares of IMC at a fixed price of PLN 12.6 per share ($ 3.11). As a result of the purchase, the company increased its shares to 23.52 million (70.88 %) out of 33.178 million registered shares of IMC. The IMC company’s net profit in the...
20 September 2018
MHP plans to double exports of chicken meat within 5 years
News -MHP agroholding plans to double its annual exports of poultry meat from 260,000 to 520,000 tonnes in the next five years. From 2007 to 2017, the production of poultry products in the MHP increased from 173,000 to 566,000 tonnes, and the revenue grew to $ 1.3 billion. All enterprises of MHP adhere to the highest international standards for managing...
20 September 2018
Avangard to become the world’s top egg producer
News -Avangard, the Ukraine-based egg producer and a subsidiary of the second largest Ukrainian agroholding Ukrlandfarming, intends to regain the title of the world’s second largest egg manufacturer, lost due to military aggression in Eastern Ukraine and subsequent loss of domestic market share. According to the owner of Ukrlandfarming, Oleg Bakhmatyuk,...
19 September 2018
Sanderson Farms lost 1.7 million chickens as a result of flooding
News -Sanderson Farms, the third largest poultry producer in the United States, issued a statement that 1.7 million of its broiler chickens were destroyed as a result of flooding in North Carolina. 60 of its 880 broiler houses and four breeder houses out of 92 were flooded and another six broiler houses experienced damage. More chickens could die and...
19 September 2018
Agricom Group to invest $ 1 million in innovation
News -Agricom Group, a Ukrainian agroholding operating 40,000 hectares, is to invest $ 1 million in the purchase of innovative solutions for its business. As reported by the CEO of Agricom Group, Petro Melnyk, the money will be allocated for the purchase of artificial intelligence software that enables agronomists to monitor the fields, to collect and...
19 September 2018
Agricom Group to access new export markets
News -Agricom Group, a grain producer and manufacturer of cereal products operating 40,000 hectares in Ukraine, intends to enter the markets of the EU, Asia and Africa. According to the CEO of Agricom Group, Petro Melnyk, the company started exporting its products to Israel, Romania, Saudi Arabia and Hungary in 2018. The first export deliveries to South...
18 September 2018
Rostok Holding increases drying capacities
News -Rostok Holding, a vertically integrated Ukrainian agroholding specialized in milk and crops production, is to increase the drying capacities of its two grain elevators in the Chernihiv and Sumy regions of Ukraine. After the reconstruction, the total drying capacity of the company will exceed 7,000 tonnes per day. The growing crop productivity is...
18 September 2018
Macquarie Group to buy farmland in Australia for $ 300 million
News -Macquarie Group, a global diversified financial group, is planning to buy farms of the Qatar-based Hassad Food in Australia. The properties comprise more than 100,000 hectares of livestock and cropping land in NSW, Victoria and Western Australia. According to The Australian Financial Review the transaction is worth $ 300 million. The farms will be...
17 September 2018
Kernel to spend $ 33 million on agricultural machinery within 10 years
News -Kernel agroholding, a leading global producer and exporter of sunflower oil from Ukraine, intends to invest in its machinery park. According to the head of Kernel’s financial department Iryna Feshchuk, the company is going to spend $ 55/ha or $33 million in total on the purchase of self-propelled machines, automobiles and other machinery within...
17 September 2018
Dnipro Agro Group increased storage capacity to 124,000 tonnes
News -Dnipro Agro Group, a vertically integrated agroholding operating 35,500 hectares in the Dnipropetrovsk region of Ukraine, purchased Bozhedarivsky grain elevator with a capacity of 43,000 tonnes in the above mentioned region. Thus, the agroholding increased its total storage capacity from 81,000 tonnes to 124,000 tonnes. Dnipro Agro Group produces...