The agricultural holding “Continental Farmers Group” (CFG) has begun harvesting early grain crops and rapeseed on an area of over 70,000 hectares, the company’s press service reported on Thursday.
According to the report, winter wheat will be harvested from 35,300 hectares, winter rapeseed from 26,500 hectares, and winter barley from 8,500 hectares.
“We are starting with the harvest of winter barley in our southern divisions and, with a few days’ interval, will gradually cover all of the company’s clusters. Next, the combines will move on to winter rapeseed and wheat,” the press service quoted Konstantin Shityuk, Chief Operating Officer of Continental Farmers Group, as saying.
The company is deploying 745 units of its own and leased equipment for the harvest. Specifically, this includes 95 combine harvesters, 66 of which are company-owned, including modern combines purchased recently.
The grain harvest will be transported by 650 trucks. Transloading equipment will also be in operation; it has been specially retrofitted with new technical systems for cargo weight control ahead of the harvest.
“The climatic conditions of the current season have stimulated the early ripening of winter crops. According to weather forecasts, the first weeks of the harvest will be marked by dry and hot weather, creating conditions for prompt and uninterrupted harvesting without the risk of rain-related downtime,” the press service reported.
The company also reported that it had secured the necessary fuel reserves well in advance to carry out the harvest in full. Meanwhile, the decline in fuel prices in June is helping to reduce operating costs during the harvest campaign.
As previously reported, the agricultural holding “Continental Farmers Group” (CFG) has joined the global structure of the international agri-food company Olam Agri as a separate business unit.
“Continental Farmers Group” was established in November 2018 as a result of the merger between the ‘Mriya’ agricultural holding and CFG, following “Mriya’s” agreement with the international investor Salic UK regarding the sale of assets.
Continental Farmers Group operates in the Ternopil, Lviv, Ivano-Frankivsk, Khmelnytskyi, and Chernivtsi regions, grows grain and oilseed crops, engages in primary and secondary potato processing, and employs approximately 2,600 people.
The agricultural holding company Continental Farmers Group (CFG) has allocated $23.9 million to upgrade and modernize its fleet of machinery, the company’s press service reported.
“Continental is consistently implementing its investment plans, maintaining a focus on the systematic renewal, standardization, and modernization of its fleet. This approach enhances operational efficiency, cost predictability, and the technological resilience of the business,” emphasized Georg von Nolken, CEO of the agricultural holding.
According to the report, the agricultural holding’s fleet was expanded with 17 tractors of various power ratings, nine self-propelled sprayers, seven seeders, four cultivators, as well as trailer and warehouse equipment. In addition, the company purchased two grain harvesters and one potato harvester.
“Continental” has also expanded its logistics division and purchased 14 new tractor-trailers with semi-trailer dump trucks and five cargo trucks. The agricultural holding explained that this is another step toward creating a closed-loop logistics cycle “from field to elevator,” which will reduce dependence on external carriers.
All new equipment is integrated into the precision farming system. The units support automatic section control, operation based on task maps, and remote monitoring, which allows for the optimization of seed, fertilizer, and fuel costs.
Continental clarified that the purchased machines are already being used in the 2026 spring planting campaign.
The Mriya agricultural holding and CFG, united under the name “Continental Farmers Group,” have been operating as a single business since November 2018, when Mriya signed an agreement with the international investor Salic UK regarding the sale of assets.
Salic was founded in 2012. Its sole shareholder is the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund, which invests in agricultural and livestock production.
