Agrotrade has harvested 73% of its corn acreage and continues threshing it in Chernihiv region, the company’s press service reported on Facebook.
According to the report, the corn yield in Chernihiv region reaches 12 tons per hectare. High corn yields were also recorded in other regions of the agricultural holding’s operations. On average, they yielded 131% of the planned yield.
“High yields and good grain quality were ensured by the correct selection of varieties, an effective fertilizer system and successful insecticide protection. Before commercial sowing, hybrids are pre-tested on the demo fields of the company’s testing centers. This allows us to utilize the highest yield potential,” explained Oleksandr Ovsyanyk, Director of Agrotrade’s Agricultural Department.
The agroholding reminded that in 2023, more than 8.3 thou hectares were allocated for corn in Chernihiv, Sumy and Kharkiv regions. The harvesting of the crop has already been fully completed in Kharkiv region. The highest yield of more than 14 tons/ha was obtained in the frontline area of Sumy region, where the agricultural holding’s employees continue to work under regular shelling.
As reported, in 2023, Agrotrade exported about 350 thousand tons of grain, of which 35%, or 116 thousand tons, was the share of its own products, and 65%, or 230 thousand tons, was from third-party producers.
The Agrotrade Group is a vertically integrated holding company with a full agro-industrial cycle (production, processing, storage and trade of agricultural products). It cultivates over 70 thousand hectares of land in Chernihiv, Sumy, Poltava and Kharkiv regions. Its main crops are sunflower, corn, winter wheat, soybeans and rapeseed. It has its own network of elevators with a simultaneous storage capacity of 570 thousand tons.
The group also produces hybrid seeds of corn and sunflower, barley, and winter wheat. In 2014, a seed plant with a capacity of 20 thousand tons of seeds per year was built on the basis of Kolos seed farm (Kharkiv region). In 2018, Agrotrade launched its own brand Agroseeds on the market.
Vsevolod Kozhemiako is the founder and CEO of Agrotrade.
