The LNZ Group agricultural holding exported about 2 million tons of agricultural products in 2025, according to the press service of the agricultural holding, citing data from the director of LNZ Export, Volodymyr Humenyuk.
The agricultural holding noted that after acquiring the SEZ, LNZ Group became one of the leaders in oilseed processing, focusing on rapeseed and soybeans. Processed products are also sold on foreign markets, where the company has strengthened its position and established itself in the premium segments.
“About 90% of exports are carried out through the ports of Greater Odessa. Throughout the year, LNZ Group expanded its presence primarily in the EU markets, cooperating with both multinational corporations and local processors in Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, Greece, etc. Products were also supplied to neighboring Poland, Hungary, and Romania, as well as to countries in the Middle East, North Africa, and Asia,” said Gumenyuk.
Roman Franchuk, Director of Agricultural Production at LNZ Group, emphasized that, in general, the past season in the agricultural sector was difficult for LNZ Group due to weather conditions—a cold spring, a cool start to summer, and a prolonged drought reduced yields in the company’s fields in the central region. The situation was better in the Sumy cluster, but harvesting there was complicated by constant attacks from enemy UAVs. In the Vinnytsia region, where it rained, technical crops were harvested with high yields. In the Rivne cluster, due to prolonged rainfall and late soybean vegetation, harvesting is still ongoing, while early grains, in particular wheat, yielded about 6 t/ha.
The holding achieved planned yields on 200 ha of vegetable crops thanks to drip irrigation. They grew onions, peppers, tomatoes, rhubarb, cauliflower, and broccoli. Next year, they plan to expand the area under vegetables and add carrots and table beets. Raspberries and strawberries also showed high yields, and the area under them will also be increased.
“Taking into account the season, the company has revised its crop structure for 2026: it has increased the area under rapeseed to 11,000 hectares, under winter wheat to 17,000 hectares (12,000 hectares a year earlier), and has also expanded the area under peas to 3,000 hectares (usually 500 hectares). The area under sugar corn for the needs of the TEVITTA freezing plant remained unchanged at 750 hectares,” Franchuk summed up.
LNZ Group is a vertically integrated agricultural holding company with its central office in the village of Lebedyn, Cherkasy region. It specializes in the cultivation of grain, industrial, and berry crops, seed production, as well as the distribution of plant protection products (TM DEFENDA) and seeds (TM UNIVERSEED).
The holding’s land bank covers more than 80,000 hectares in the Cherkasy and Sumy regions. It has a network of elevators with a total capacity of about 170,000 tons, as well as modern storage facilities with an area of more than 50,000 square meters and refrigeration complexes with a capacity of 8,000 tons.
LNZ Group has a number of processing plants. The Lebedyn Seed Plant (corn division) specializes in the full cycle of corn seed processing with a capacity of up to 330 tons/day. The multifunctional seed plant cleans and calibrates wheat, soybeans, and sunflowers (up to 200 tons/day). The oilseed processing plant specializes in the production of soybean and rapeseed oil and meal.
The Tevitta frozen food plant specializes in flash freezing berries, vegetables, and fruits (IQF technology) with a capacity of 10,000 tons per year. The Shpola food factory (TM “Zhayvir”) produces snacks, halva, kozinaki, etc.
The main beneficiary of the group is Dmytro Kravchenko.
In 2022 LNZ Group agricultural holding produced 7 thousand tons of frozen berries, fruits and vegetables at its plant for frozen berries, vegetables and vegetables in Shpole (Cherkasy region). They are sold under TM Tevitta – raspberry, sweet corn, seedless cherry, pumpkin, elderberry, currant, blueberry etc.
According to the LNZ website, the Tevitta brand has a closed circle of production and performs all production processes on its own, from growing to direct sales of packaged products.
In particular, the nursery has grown 2 million seedlings of strawberry, 220 thousand of raspberry and blackberry and about 50 thousand of other cultures: dog rose, elderberry, currant and cherry. In addition, in 2022, the company planted two new nurseries for raspberries and strawberries, a nursery for nursery seedlings, and built nearly three dozen tunnels for growing berries on an area of more than 2 hectares.
“Despite the war, the Tevitta brand was able to ramp up production, storage and direct processing capacity. And while the brand was already in operation in 2021, it was 2022 that was the year to fully launch and operate. The brand combined seedling production, berry, vegetable and fruit freezing and market sales. That is, the full-scale military invasion of the Russian Federation, the company actually met at the stage of formation,” the company said.
In addition, in the fields Tevitta planted 60 hectares of land for growing different raw materials for processing – from strawberries to rose hips. The nursery works not only to meet its own needs, but also supplies seedlings to farmers who are engaged in industrial berry production.
“The company is pleased with the result: the plant in 2022 came out to almost 100% utilization. What’s more, it has expanded its export boundaries. Products have already reached the markets of France, Belgium, Germany, Estonia and England. In addition, in early 2023 frozen products of Tevitta brand can be found on the shelves of stores in Ukraine and other European countries”, – summed up the holding.
LNZ Group was established on the basis of Lebedinsky seed plant. It specializes in selling corn, sunflower, wheat and barley seeds, as well as growing agricultural products and livestock. The group cultivates 70 thousand hectares of land, the number of cattle is about 6 thousand heads.
LNZ Group owns two elevator complexes in Sumy and Kirovograd regions with total storage capacity of 170 thousand tons of grain, and also has its own fleet of cars.
In the unified state register of legal entities and individuals the ultimate beneficiary of PJSC Lebedinsky seed plant (Cherkasy region) is Dmytro Kravchenko.
