The TAS Agro agricultural holding has begun sowing winter crops for the 2026 harvest, starting with winter rapeseed in the fields of the Central Cluster in the Kyiv region, the company’s press service reported on Facebook.
“In accordance with the company’s crop rotation strategy, a total of 16,000 hectares are planned to be sown with winter rapeseed,” the agricultural holding said.
Agrotrade specified that sowing is carried out with the simultaneous application of complex fertilizers using Strip-till technology, which will allow for high-quality and friendly germination in case of moisture deficiency.
The Agrotrade group of companies is a vertically integrated holding company with a full agricultural cycle (production, processing, storage, and trade of agricultural products). It cultivates over 70,000 hectares of land in the Chernihiv, Sumy, Poltava, and Kharkiv regions. Its main crops are sunflower, corn, winter wheat, soybeans, and rapeseed. It has its own network of elevators with a total storage capacity of 570,000 tons.
The group also produces hybrid seeds of corn, sunflower, barley, and winter wheat. In 2014, a seed plant with a capacity of 20,000 tons of seeds per year was built on the basis of the Kolos seed farm (Kharkiv region). In 2018, Agrotrade launched its own brand, Agroseeds.
The founder of Agrotrade is Vsevolod Kozhemyako.
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Winter rapeseed became the most productive crop in the Agrotrade agricultural holding in the season of 2024, the overall results of threshing which exceeded the planned by 5%, and the highest figure was in the fields of the company’s second cluster in Sumy region – by more than 10%, the press service of the agricultural holding reported in a Facebook message.
According to the report, the harvest of winter wheat, corn and sunflower was 100% in line with the forecast.
The highest winter wheat yields were obtained in the borderlands of Sumy region, which is almost 18% higher than planned, despite the constant shelling of the region, which forced the company to work with limited equipment operating hours. The fifth cluster of the company, which operates in Chernihiv region, produced the best corn yield, which is 10% higher than the plan.
“In general, our cultivation technologies have been developed in conjunction with the coordinated work of our agricultural team, and this gives us good results. For example, this year we made almost no changes to corn because we use time-tested hybrids. We only slightly increased insecticide protection, which increased the yield. At the same time, we changed our approach to sunflower, increasing the segment of the crop that is highly resistant to broomrape. With winter rapeseed, everything is standard: we have long ago identified the best hybrids and protection options, and the crop’s fertilization system is also stable. In addition, we prepared for the early harvest in advance – we have all the necessary equipment and everything we need, and the lack of precipitation allowed us to continue working, which also had a positive impact,” said Oleksandr Ovsyannik, Director of Agrotrade’s Agricultural Department.
The agroholding added that they are already preparing for the new season by contracting fertilizers, seeds and machinery for spring field work.
As reported, in 2024, Agrotrade allocated 15.5 thou hectares for winter wheat, 12.5 thou hectares for sunflower, 11.1 thou hectares for winter rapeseed, 6.5 thou hectares for corn, over 8 thou hectares for soybeans, and 3.7 thou hectares for spring wheat.
The Agrotrade Group is a vertically integrated holding company with a full agro-industrial cycle (production, processing, storage and trade of agricultural products). It cultivates over 70 thousand hectares of land in Chernihiv, Sumy, Poltava and Kharkiv regions. Its main crops are sunflower, corn, winter wheat, soybeans and rapeseed. It has its own network of elevators with a simultaneous storage capacity of 570 thousand tons.
The group also produces hybrid seeds of corn and sunflower, barley, and winter wheat. In 2014, a seed plant with a capacity of 20 thousand tons of seeds per year was built on the basis of Kolos seed farm (Kharkiv region). In 2018, Agrotrade launched its own brand Agroseeds on the market.
The founder of Agrotrade is Vsevolod Kozhemiako.
