Grain Alliance, a Ukraine-based agroholding operating 57,000 hectares of farmland, announced to have started harvesting early winter wheat at its farm cluster in the Poltava region. The company expects good yields at the level exceeding 6 tonnes per hectare. Grain Alliance plans to complete the harvesting campaign as scheduled in order to avoid...

Agrofusion, a Ukraine-based agroholding operating 25,000 hectares of farmland, reports to have completed the harvesting campaign of early winter crops on the area of 14,600 hectares. The yields of early winter wheat and barley have increased 14% as compared to 2018. As reported by Agrofusion, one of the key factors behind the yields growth was the...

Prodimex, a Russia-based agroholding, plans to sell sugar on the Russian retail market. For this purpose, the company has launched the test packaging lines at its Pereleshynsky sugar plant in the Voronezh region for 1 kg and 5 kg bags. The daily packaging capacity is 250 tonnes of sugar. Also, Prodimex plans to start the production of refined sugar...

Epicentr K, a Ukraine-based agroholding, has launched the production of wheat flour at its subsidiary Gnivanskyi grain elevator in the Vinnytsia region of Ukraine. Flour will be sold in 2 kg, 5 kg and 50 kg bags on the Ukrainian retail and wholesale market. Epicentr K plans to further develop value-added production.

Currently, the agroholding...

Steppe agroholding, an agricultural subsidiary of Russia-based AFK Sistema Corporation, acquired the Orlovsky dairy plant in the Rostov region of Russia. The company intends to produce cheese, butter and dairy products. The dairy plant is the first milk-processing asset of Steppe. The plant’s revenue amounted to RUB 138.6 million ($ 2.18 million)...

Don Agro, a Russia-based agroholding, has reportedly applied for initial public offering (IPO) on the Singapore stock exchange. The funds raised from IPO will be invested in acquiring farmland area and machinery. Don Agro is engaged in crop and livestock farming and operates 53,200 hectares of farmland in the Rostov region of Russia. Previously,...

MHP, a Ukraine-based agroholding and largest poultry producer, reports to have invested over $1.3 million in CSR projects within the four months of 2019. The key areas of investment were improvement of rural infrastructure, health and education facilities in the regions of company’s activity. Currently, MHP is negotiating the possibility of...

Astarta, a Ukraine-based agroholding, has completed the construction of its largest grain elevator in the Poltava region of Ukraine. The designed one-time storage capacity of the facility is 120,000 tonnes, which should be sufficient to fulfill the needs of Astarta’s Poltava cluster, as well as to store partners’ grain.  The volume of investments...

MHP, a Ukraine-based agroholding, has built a 24MW biogas plant, increasing the volume of own produced renewable energy by about 8% in 2018. The company plans to continue investing in innovative technologies for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Also, MHP intends to obtain international certificates for sustainable feedstuffs production. Earlier,...