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Kharkiv Feed Mill to Hold Shareholders’ Meeting on April 28

According to Fixygen, Kharkiv Feed Mill will hold its annual general meeting of shareholders on April 28, 2026, via remote participation. The main agenda items include approval of the financial statements and operating results for 2025, as well as other corporate governance decisions.

The plant operates in the agro-industrial sector and specializes in the production of compound feed for livestock and poultry farming.

Companies in this sector are heavily dependent on grain prices, logistics, and the state of the meat and poultry market. According to publicly available data, the company is controlled by private Ukrainian shareholders.

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Agroprodservice to Build 3-MW Biogas Plant and a New Feed Mill

Agroprodservice (Ternopil region) is implementing a project to build a new feed mill and a 3 MW biogas plant to strengthen energy independence and expand the agricultural holding’s export potential, said the company’s commercial director, Taras Baran.

“Environmental requirements are driving us to improve: we are obtaining EU-compliant certification for our farms and are also preparing to implement a 3-megawatt biogas plant project. This will also help us become more resilient to power outages,” he said at the Soybean Market: Growing. Processing. Trade. conference.

The new feed mill will be equipped with its own soybean processing line. Its launch will allow the holding company to separate production flows: the new plant will fully meet the company’s internal needs for pig and cattle feed, while the capacity of the existing soybean processing facility (approximately 2,500 tons per month) will be dedicated exclusively to export and external sales.

As Baran emphasized, the company’s strategy is based on vertical integration and creating added value at every stage. Currently, “Agroprodservice” processes about 30,000 tons of soybeans per year and produces oil and meal from them. The company already holds non-GMO certification, which allows it to receive a price premium when selling products in the German and Czech markets.

PJSC “Agroprodservice” was established in 1999 and is a diversified agricultural holding operating in the Ternopil and Ivano-Frankivsk regions. It cultivates approximately 45,000–50,000 hectares of land and owns grain storage facilities with a capacity of 200,000 tons, as well as seed and feed mills. The holding is among the top five largest pork producers in Ukraine (60,000 head) and also maintains 16,000 head of cattle and 600,000 head of poultry.

In 2025, the agricultural holding invested UAH 45 million in the launch of the “Babusia Marusia” food products plant at the “Western Ukrainian Industrial Hub” industrial park. The facility specializes in the production of canned vegetables, pickles, and semi-finished products, with a projected capacity of 650 tons of products per year. Additionally, the “Nasha Ptitsya” (chicken processing) and “Ternopil Meat Processing Plant” divisions operate within the hub.

According to data from the Opendatabot service, the ultimate beneficiaries of the private joint-stock company “Agroprodservice” are Tetiana Chaikivska (70%) and Andriy Baran (30%). Until 2020, the business was owned by the company’s founder, Ivan Chaikivsky, who is currently the secretary of the Verkhovna Rada’s Agrarian Committee.

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Agrofirm “Dzvony” is building feed mill with capacity of 240 tons per day

The private enterprise “Agrofirm ‘Dzvony’ (Lviv region) has begun construction of a modern feed mill with a capacity of 240 tons of product per day, according to the website of the design and construction company ”CHIF.”

“Establishing our own feed production will allow us to fully control feed quality, become independent of external suppliers, and systematically develop our livestock operations. We are building this facility not just for a few years, but for decades to come,” said Zinoviy Maksymyshyn, director and owner of “Agrofirma Dzvony.”

According to the report, the new complex will enable the farm to create a closed production cycle: from growing its own grain to producing feed for livestock. The plant’s technological equipment will include crushing, mixing, micro-dosing, and granulation lines, as well as a soybean processing line and a system for spraying liquids onto granules. The facility is being built in collaboration with the Dutch equipment manufacturer Van Aarsen.

According to Van Aarsen’s regional sales manager Toby Janssen, this plant will become a modern, European-standard production facility.

“We see that Ukrainian entrepreneurs continue to invest in development even under the difficult conditions of war, and this commands our sincere respect,” he emphasized.

Agrofirm “Dzvony” (village of Bolotnia, Lviv Oblast), founded in 1999, cultivates approximately 9,000 hectares of land in the Zolochiv and Lviv districts of Lviv Oblast, as well as 200 hectares in Ternopil Oblast. Primary crops: winter rapeseed, wheat, and soybeans. The production infrastructure includes an elevator complex with a simultaneous storage capacity of 42,000 tons of grain. The company also specializes in vegetable farming, allocating approximately 120 hectares annually for this purpose (cabbage, carrots, beets). A dedicated storage facility with a capacity of 3,500 tons has been built for their storage.

According to data from the Opendatabot service, the agricultural company’s net profit for 2025 increased 3.2-fold compared to 2024—to 222.69 million UAH. The company’s revenue for the reporting period amounted to 595.94 million UAH, and the value of its assets increased by 36.2%—to 1.3 billion UAH. The number of employees at the end of the year was 126. The ultimate beneficiary is Zinoviy Maksymyshyn.

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KMZ Industries won tender to manufacture 16 silos for feed mill in Kharkiv region

KMZ Industries (Karlivsky Machine-Building Plant, KMZ, Poltava region) has won a tender for the manufacture of hoppers for a new feed mill being built in the Kharkiv region in 2026, the company’s press service reported on Facebook.

According to the report, KMZ Industries will manufacture 16 metal silos with a total capacity of 1,084 cubic meters to expand the customer’s production capacity as part of the project. The hoppers will be used to store raw materials and semi-finished products for feed production.

“Investments in compound feed production demonstrate the desire of agricultural companies to increase added value, build more closed production cycles, and develop domestic processing. It is precisely such projects that form the long-term basis for the growth of the industry and determine the vector of development of the Ukrainian agro-industrial complex,” the company noted.

For KMZ Industries, this project is its first experience of cooperation with the customer and, at the same time, a continuation of its work in the agricultural processing segment, where the company already has practical experience in implementing similar solutions.

KMZ Industries is the largest manufacturer of elevator equipment in Ukraine and produces a full range of products, including silos, grain dryers, transport equipment, and separators, as well as providing automation and installation services.

According to the company, it has built more than 5,000 facilities. KMZ Industries silos with a total volume of more than 12.5 million cubic meters are in operation.

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A feed mill in Poltava Oblast plans to increase capacity at expense of USAID Agro program

A feed mill in the Poltava Oblast plans to expand its capacity to process corn and pea grain, the USAID Agro Program reported on Facebook.

According to the report, the Lokhvitsky Feed Mill will implement the grant project in cooperation with the agency.

Under the project, the enterprise will begin construction of a cereal plant that produces corn groats and flour, and will also process peas. The operation is scheduled to start up in November this year.

The plant is expected to produce up to 120 tons of grain per day. It will operate on new equipment from a Ukrainian manufacturer. The plant plans to cooperate with farmers who will grow corn on the seed provided to them.

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