CROP PRODUCTION
Crop production is one of our core businesses and all of our arable land is located in the Rostov region, which is one of the most fertile regions of CIS, and is 220 km away from the Azov Sea and Don River international ports. This allows our customers, who are primarily traders and exporters, to save on transportation costs and, as a result, be able to offer higher prices for our crops. We are primarily engaged in the farming of commercial crops such as winter wheat, sunflower, sorghum, corn and flax.
Our grain production is executed based on modern agricultural technologies and our Group also employs modern madern machinery and equipment manufactured by John Deere, New Holland and Claas Jaguar to improve our efficiency and productivity.
We have storage facilities with a total grain storage capacity of up to 105,000 tonnes, all of which are typically fully utilised from July to January.
We sell our agricultural produce primarily to grain traders and exporters on a tender basis where key international and local traders are invited.
| Type of crops | Descriptions |
|---|---|
| Winter wheat | Winter wheat is a strain of wheat that is planted in the autumn to germinate and develop into young plants that remain in the vegetative phase during the winter and resume growth in early spring. Winter wheat is mainly used in food and animal fodder production and has a high yield potential. |
| Sunflower | Sunflower is generally used as a raw material in the production of sunflower oil, which sees a high demand in the food industry. |
| Corn | Corn is an annual cereal grass plant that has several uses. It is used as livestock feed, biofuel, staple food and raw materials. Corn is a major food globally that is widely used. There are various commercial classifications for corn based mainly on the texture of the kernel. Some classifications are dent corn, flour corn, sweet corn, flint corn and popcorn. Corn is also harvested as fodder for our dairy’s operations. |