KSG Agro and Genesus Ukraine LLC (Kyiv) have signed a one-year contract for the supply of 3.5 thousand head of Canadian-bred pigs of Genesus breeding, the press service of the agricultural holding reported.
According to the report, Genesus Ukraine undertook to supply 3.5 thousand heads of purebred and hybrid pigs GP (Yorkshire) and F1 (Yorkshire + Landrace) to the pig farms of KSG Agro in 2024. In addition, 30 heads of purebred boars of the Duroc and Landrace breeds will be supplied under the agreement. The first delivery of pigs is expected on March 1, 2024.
“We have repeatedly noted the qualitative advantages of Canadian Genesus pigs, which are superior to their European counterparts in terms of litter size, farrowing weight and meat quality. This year, we will continue the process of renewing the pig herd, which began in 2023 and is aimed at improving the quality characteristics of the herd. These include improving the health of piglets and improving the taste of meat,” said Sergiy Kasyanov, Chairman of the Board of Directors of KSG Agro.
“Our company has been cooperating with KSG Agro, one of the leaders in the Ukrainian pig breeding market, for three years now. And this year our cooperation is reaching a new level in terms of volume. This once again proves in practice that Genesus pigs are hardy, grow quickly and develop well, producing the maximum possible number of kilograms of piglets per square meter of farm,” said Genesus representative in Ukraine Yevhen Shatokhin.
KSG Agro noted that the main quality indicators of Canadian Genesus pigs are 2.55 farrowings per year, 16 piglets born, the average weaning age is 21 days, and the average weaning weight is 6-6.3 kg.
KSG Agro, a vertically integrated holding company, is engaged in pig production, as well as the production, storage, processing and sale of grains and oilseeds. Its land bank is about 21 thousand hectares in Dnipropetrovska and Kherson regions.
According to the agricultural holding, it is one of the top 5 pork producers in Ukraine. In 2023, it launched a “network-centric” strategy, which will move from developing a large location to a number of smaller pork production facilities located in different regions of Ukraine.
In January-September 2023, KSG Agro earned $1,336 million in net profit, which is almost 14 times more than in the same period in 2022. Its EBITDA for the three quarters of this year increased by 67% to $4.5 million, and sales revenue increased by 16% to $11.9 million.
Genesus is the world’s largest privately held genetics company specializing in the breeding of pigs. Genesus is headquartered in Manitoba, Canada. The company’s nucleus and breeding farms are located in many countries around the world, including Canada, the United States, China, Thailand, the Philippines, France, Spain, Germany, and the United Kingdom.
Genesus Ukraine LLC supplies pigs from the UK and Canada, and in Ukraine owns pig breeding facilities at Agrarian Company 2004 LLC (Popovtsi, Khmelnytsky region), which is part of the Vitagro agricultural holding.
According to the Unified Register of Legal Entities and Individual Entrepreneurs, the ultimate beneficiary of Genesus Ukraine is Andriy Zaretskyi (Kyiv).
