Agrarians in four regions of Ukraine have started harvesting early grains and legumes and have harvested 188 thousand tons of early grains and legumes from an area of 74 thousand hectares, the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food reports.
The ministry noted that Odesa, Kherson, Mykolaiv and Dnipro regions harvested 151 thousand tons of barley (against 33.9 thousand tons a week earlier) from an area of 55 thousand hectares (against 33.9 thousand hectares a week earlier). hectares (13.6 thou hectares) at a yield of 27.4 c/ha, peas – 14 thou tons (0.9 thou tons) from 0.6 thou hectares (8.4 thou hectares) at a yield of 16.9 c/ha, wheat – 22 thou tons from more than 10 thou hectares at a yield of 22.3 c/ha.
Farmers in Mykolaiv and Odesa regions also started harvesting rapeseed, which they harvested 4.6 thou tons from 4.2 thou hectares at a yield of 10.9 cwt/ha.
“The harvesting season has started in Ukraine. This is the fourth harvesting season since the beginning of the full-scale war. (…) This harvest is not just bread. It is proof of the resilience, endurance and strength of our farmers. Even during the war, they work on the land to ensure that Ukraine and the world have bread,” Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food Vitaliy Koval wrote on Telegram.
As reported, as of June 28, 2024, agrarians in sixteen regions of Ukraine harvested 721.4 thousand tons of grain from 209.8 thousand hectares, including 36.2 thousand tons of wheat from 36.2 thousand hectares at a yield of 31.2 c/ha, 545.7 thousand tons of barley from 145.8 thousand hectares at a yield of 37.4 c/ha, 56.3 thousand tons of peas from 25.9 thousand hectares at a yield of 21.7 c/ha.
In addition, seven regions harvested rapeseed, which amounted to 63.6 thou tons from 31.7 thou hectares.
Thus, the pace of harvesting in the 2025 season is 3.8 times lower than last year, and grain yields are significantly lower.
Continental’s elevator facilities with a capacity of 634,000 tons are being prepared to receive the 2025 grain harvest. Repair work, comprehensive cleaning, and disinfection of silos are being completed, after which the new harvest will begin to arrive at the elevators, the agricultural holding’s press service reported on Facebook.
Continental specified that the agricultural holding’s six elevators and three drying and grain complexes are located in the Ternopil, Lviv, and Ivano-Frankivsk regions and process corn, wheat, rapeseed, sunflower, barley, and soybeans.
At the same time, the launch of a new sourcing business has seriously transformed the operating cycle of elevator farms. Since last season, Continental has been implementing a program to purchase grain from third-party depositors, mostly farmers, and providing storage and cleaning services. As a result, the period for accepting products at grain storage facilities has increased from the usual 5-6 months to 11 months per year, from July to May inclusive. Their work is suspended only for the planned shipment of accumulated residues and preparatory measures before the new season.
According to Serhii Zymnyi, head of the finished product storage department at Continental Farmers Group, the additional load on elevator capacities last year amounted to 15% of their own volume. Further increases in purchases are planned for this season, so this figure could reach 30-40%.
“We are forecasting an intense season with high loads, especially at our facilities in Lviv and Ivano-Frankivsk regions, which, due to market conditions, are currently seeing the highest level of purchases from third-party depositors. We plan to work continuously on both receiving and shipping products by road and rail, ensuring fast service for our own grain and providing quality services to external customers,” Zimny said.
Continental added that during the year it implemented a large-scale training program for employees — laboratory assistants, engineering and technical workers, power engineers, and electricians, including specialized courses in programming and ergonomic equipment management to reduce energy consumption. This will improve the efficiency of production processes and optimize electricity consumption.
Agroholding Mriya 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 international investor Salic UK to sell its assets.
Salic was founded in 2012. Its sole shareholder is the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund, which invests in agricultural and livestock production.
Farmers in three regions of Ukraine have begun harvesting early grains and legumes and have harvested 34,800 tons of grain from the new harvest from an area of 14,200 hectares, which is 28% less than a year earlier, according to the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food.
The ministry noted that in the Odesa, Kherson, and Mykolaiv regions, 33,900 tons of barley were harvested from an area of 13,600 hectares with a yield of 24.9 centners per hectare, and 900 tons of peas were harvested from 600 hectares with a yield of 15.2 centners per hectare.
According to the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food, the largest harvesting areas are expected in the Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv, Poltava, Vinnytsia, and Cherkasy regions, where the main work will begin in late June – early July.
The report states that this year, 1.398 million hectares are planted with barley in Ukraine, 210,400 hectares with peas, and early grains and legumes occupy a total of 11.1 million hectares.
As reported, the harvest in Ukraine in 2024 officially began on June 21, when farmers in the Vinnytsia, Dnipropetrovsk, Kirovohrad, Odesa, Mykolaiv, and Kherson regions harvested 48.3 thousand tons of grain from the new harvest, including 1.1 thousand tons of wheat with a yield of 22.0 cwt/ha, 39.9 thousand tons of barley with a yield of 29.8 cwt/ha, and 7.3 thousand tons of peas with a yield of 22.0 cwt/ha.
The ALVIVA GROUP, owner of Ukraine’s leading bakery products manufacturer Kyivkhlib LLC, has announced a strategic expansion of its activities and entry into the Ukrainian agricultural market, according to the company’s press service.
“This step will allow the group to establish complete control over the entire agricultural production cycle,” the company’s press service said in a statement.
In 2024, the group formed a land bank of 4,000 hectares in the Kyiv and Chernihiv regions, and this year it expects its first harvest of wheat and sunflowers.
“In 2025, wheat will occupy 26% of the sown area, and by 2026, 100% of the group’s land bank will be allocated to it,” said Artem Chernysh, the company’s agricultural director.
The company also expressed confidence that investments in agricultural production will enable the group’s enterprises to secure their own high-quality raw materials, which will not only optimize production processes and guarantee stable supplies, but also ensure the high quality of the final product and allow control over its cost price.
“Today, ALVIVA GROUP exports finished products to more than 30 countries around the world. That is why the launch of the agricultural division is a logical and strategically important step. After all, combining experience in the food industry with the potential of the Ukrainian agricultural sector will open up new opportunities for growth and strengthen the group’s position both in Ukraine and abroad. This is an investment in the future that demonstrates ALVIVA GROUP’s commitment to sustainable development and support for the country’s economy,” the company said.
ALVIVA offers products in categories such as dry breakfasts (KYIVMLYN), croissants (Tendi), snacks (Mr Snex), cookies (Honey Moon, Kyivkhlib), bread (Kyivkhlib, Super Tost), flour (KYIVMLYN, Naturavo), water and beverages (Rosynka), cakes and pastries (Tarta, BKK).
Alviva Group is an international group of companies in the food technology and services sector that manufactures bakery products under the brands Kyivkhlib, Tarta, Tendi, Norden Brod, British Sandwich, Mr Snex, Naturavo, Honey Moon, and Kyivmlyn.
The group’s annual turnover exceeds UAH 9 billion, and its tax and fee payments to the state budget amount to over UAH 1.2 billion. It employs over 6,000 people.
Earlier it was reported that in August 2023, the owner of the group, Vyacheslav Suprunenko, privatized the former Rosinka non-alcoholic beverage plant in the capital. In November of the same year, the businessman registered Kyivkhlib and its plants under his name.
“Kernel, one of the largest Ukrainian agro-industrial groups, processed 845 thsd tonnes of oilseeds in the third quarter (January-March) of the financial year (FY) 2024/25, up 3% y-o-y, but down 9% q-o-q, according to the agroholding’s report.
According to the report, in January-March 2025, Kernel processed 694 thousand tons of sunflower seeds and, due to the lack of raw materials in the domestic market of Ukraine, also processed 151 thousand tons of soybeans at three plants. In addition, the agroholding processed 50 thou tons of sunflower seeds under tolling agreements with third parties.
As a result of processing of both sunflower seeds and soybeans in the third quarter of 2024/25, the agricultural holding’s edible oil sales fell by 9% year-on-year to 347 thsd tonnes. At the same time, sales of edible oil in the first nine months of FY2025 amounted to 1 mln tons, which is 6% less than in the same period last year.
The report also notes that grain supplies to the agricultural holding’s elevators decreased by 2% to 2.7 million tons in the first nine months of FY2025.
“In the third quarter of FY 2024/25, Kernel reduced grain exports by 15% to 1.6 mln tonnes compared to the same period last year, which it explained by the decline in the harvest in Ukraine. In total, Kernel exported 4.4 mln tons of grains and oilseeds in the first nine months of the year, accounting for 12% of the national exports.
Transshipment through the agricultural holding’s export terminals reached 2.5 million tons in the third quarter, up 2% year-on-year. This volume included 1.8 mln tons of grains, 0.3 mln tons of edible oil, and the rest was made up of oilseeds.
In total, for the first nine months, the transshipment volume amounted to 7.3 mln tons, up 65% year-on-year, due to the low comparison base in FY 2024/25 due to the closure of the Black Sea ports at the beginning of the season, the agricultural holding summarized.
Kernel is the world’s largest exporter of sunflower oil, one of the largest producers and sellers of bottled oil in Ukraine. In addition, it is engaged in the cultivation and sale of agricultural products.
In the first nine months of 2024, the agricultural holding reduced its net profit by 53% to $204 million, while its revenue decreased by 4% to $2.595 billion, and its EBITDA decreased by 36% to $384 million.
“Kernel, one of Ukraine’s largest agricultural holdings, intends to strategically adjust its crop mix for the 2025 harvest during the spring sowing campaign to align with its more sustainable practices that were maintained before the full-scale war in Ukraine.
According to the quarterly report published on the company’s website on Friday, Kernel plans to allocate about 168 thousand hectares for corn, which is twice as much as in the 2024 season and will account for 49% of its total production area.
At the same time, the agroholding plans to reduce sunflower acreage by 34%, to 44 thou hectares (or 13% of the crop structure). The agricultural holding explained this decision by further optimizing land use and restoring long-term agronomic sustainability.
“In 2025, Kernel will also reduce its soybean acreage to 27 thou hectares, while a year earlier it had 72 thou hectares under soybeans.
“As of the date of the report, winter crops – including 95 thou hectares of winter wheat and 3.45 thou hectares of rapeseed – are in generally good condition, with no significant risks beyond the usual seasonal factors at this stage,” the agricultural holding summarized.
Kernel is the world’s largest exporter of sunflower oil, one of the largest producers and sellers of bottled oil in Ukraine. In addition, it is engaged in the cultivation and sale of agricultural products.
In FY2024, Kernel’s net profit decreased by 44% compared to FY2023 to $167.95 million, while revenue increased by 4% to $3.581 billion and EBITDA decreased by 30% to $381 million.
