Kernel, one of the largest Ukrainian agroholdings and grain traders, exported 5.86 million tonnes of grain in the first half of the 2019 fiscal year (H1 FY 2019), an increase of 2.9 times compared to H1 FY 2018.  The company’s grain exports rose 66.4% to 3.12 million tonnes.

In H1 FY 2019, Kernel increased the sales of sunflower oil 8.3% to...

Market capitalization of the Ukrainian publicly listed agroholdings in year 2018 was characterized by a slight increase in the first half of the year followed by a gradual decrease in the second half of the year. Thus, in early 2018, the agroholdings’ market value reached € 2.7 billion and it decreased to € 2.3 billion by the end of the year....

The latest agriculture research of The Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ) named The Track Ahead shows there is a trend towards consolidation of smaller farms into large-scale businesses across Australia. On current trend, the number of farms in Australia is to decrease from 123,000 today to 110,000 in 2025 and further to 85,000 in 2050....

The venture fund Konditerinvest, a subdivision of the Ukraine-based Ukrprominvest agroholding, was authorized by the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine to acquire a 50%-share in the Letychiv-Agro company from the U.S.-based transnational investment group NCH Capital. Letychiv-Agro produces cereals, legumes and oilseeds in the Khmelnytsky region of...

Svarog West Group, an agroholding operating 80,000 hectares in the Khmelnytskyi and Chernivtsi regions of Ukraine, has launched the production of pumpkin oil for human consumption. The decision to make the product with high-added value is based on the high yields of pumpkin in 2018 and the company’s intention to keep up with modern trends in...

Ukrlandfarming, one of Ukraine’s largest agroholdings, invested UAH 2 million ($ 71,500) in the new equipment for its feed mill Vesna 21 in the Khmelnytskyi region. Vesna 21 produces about 200,000 tonnes of compound feedstuff per year for all the major poultry farms of the Avangard holding, a structural subdivision of Ukrlandfarming. Previously,...

JBS and BRF, the world’s largest meat producers, have reportedly been affected by an import ban imposed by the authorities of Saudi Arabia. In particular, Saudi Arabia has revoked the certification of five Brazilian meat plants, including the divisions of the abovementioned companies. In 2018, Saudi Arabia was top importer of Brazilian poultry with...

Merci Trade, a Russia-based agroholding engaged in pork production, detected an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) at its farm and slaughterhouse in the Primorsky region. So far the livestock losses amount to 5,000 pigs, while the total damages from the FMD outbreak are estimated at RUB 112 million ($ 1.7 million). The farm’s total livestock...