As part of its energy independence strategy, KSG Agro commissioned a cogeneration plant (CGU) with a capacity of 1.2 MW and 1 MW of heat at one of its pig farms, the agricultural holding’s press service reported.
“In the context of full-scale war, the issue of energy independence is shifting from a strategic advantage to a critical necessity. This is especially true for livestock enterprises in frontline regions. Creating our own energy complex allows us to guarantee continuity of production and predictability of costs,” the press service quoted KSG Agro Chairman of the Board of Directors Serhiy Kasyanov as saying.
The equipment installed by the Czech company RSE meets the entire energy demand during the autumn and winter period. The launch of the KGU is the first stage in the creation of a single energy complex for the holding, which will also include a solar power plant (SPP) and an electricity storage facility (ESF).
According to the company’s plan, the SPP is to be built in 2026 and all elements are to be integrated into the EMS (Energy Management System) control system. The program will coordinate generation sources in real time and optimize energy consumption.
The plan is to fully provide the agricultural holding with its own electricity and heat at optimal prices by the end of the year.
The vertically integrated holding company KSG Agro is engaged in pig farming, as well as the production, storage, processing, and sale of grain and oilseeds. Its land bank in the Dnipropetrovsk and Kherson regions is about 21,000 hectares.
According to KSG Agro, it is one of the top five pork producers in Ukraine. In 2023, the agricultural holding began implementing a “network-centric” strategy, under which it will transition from developing a large location to a number of smaller pig farms located in different regions of the country.
In January-September 2025, KSG Agro received $5.96 million in operating profit and $6.92 million in gross profit, which is 68% and 31% more than in the same period of 2024.
One of the largest grain market operators in Ukraine, JV Nibulon LLC (Mykolaiv), has put up for auction a full-cycle property complex in Zhytomyr region, the grain trader’s website reports.
According to the report, the property includes a pig farm and a meat processing plant in the village of Bystryk.
Among the advantages of the business sold by the grain trader are a favorable location in the central part of Ukraine near the capital on an area of 11 hectares, working equipment in satisfactory condition, the availability of personnel consisting of local residents, stable demand for pork and its products in the domestic and foreign markets, its own trademark “Bystrytska”, project and design developments.
The auction will run until April 20.
Nibulon JV LLC was established in 1991. Prior to the Russian military invasion, the grain trader had 27 transshipment terminals and crop reception complexes, capacity for simultaneous storage of 2.25 million tons of agricultural products, a fleet of 83 vessels (including 23 tugs), and owned the Mykolaiv Shipyard.
“Before the war, Nibulon cultivated 82 thousand hectares of land in 12 regions of Ukraine and exported agricultural products to more than 70 countries. In 2021, the grain trader exported the highest ever volume of 5.64 million tons of agricultural products, reaching record volumes of supplies to foreign markets in August – 0.7 million tons, in the fourth quarter – 1.88 million tons, and in the second half of the year – 3.71 million tons.
Nibulon’s losses due to Russia’s full-scale military invasion in 2022 exceeded $416 million.
Currently, the grain trader is operating at 32% of capacity, has created a special unit to clear agricultural land of mines, and was forced to move its headquarters from Mykolaiv to Kyiv.
Mauntex Agro LLC (Kharkiv) plans to reconstruct the former complex for fattening cattle and build new facilities for a pig farm with a closed production cycle in the village Dniprovske, Dnipropetrovsk region, according to the website of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources. According to its data, the area of the complex will be 18.14 hectares. It is assumed that the annual capacity of the pig farm will reach 36,370 piglets (piglets weighing 30-32 kg) for subsequent fattening and 30,638 fattened young pigs with a live weight of 115-120 kg for sale to the meat processing plant.
The construction of the pig farm is to be carried out in ten stages. The start of the production cycle is planned after the commissioning of all construction stages.
According to the unified state register of legal entities and individuals, the founders of Mauntex Agro are Serhiy Zapara and Petro Maliar. The company is engaged in breeding pigs, meat production, meat products sale, as well as growing grain and oilseeds.
