EkoNiva Group has taken part in the AgriTek/FarmTek Astana 2023 international trade show in Kazakhstan. Over three days, the holding has had about 200 business meetings with local agricultural producers at its booth and reached a number of mutually beneficial agreements.

Severnaya Niva Bashkiria, an operation within EkoNiva Group, has received a gold medal and a first-degree diploma in the contest for the Best Efficient Production Rates, Implementation of Cutting-edge Technologies in Livestock Farming and Veterinary Drugs. The enterprise has been awarded for high achievements in dairy farming in the competition held during AgroComplex exhibition.

EkoNiva Group, Russia's largest dairy holding, has updated the mobile version of its in-house developed EkoCrop plant growing software. The solution makes for storing all the necessary information about field works on a single database with the subsequent report generation. New options permit performing more convenient data entry, reporting and analytics as well as increasing the number of users.

EkoNiva Group, the largest raw milk producer in Russia, has begun spring field works in Voronezh and Kursk oblasts. Agricultural machinery is out in the fields in order to fertilise winter crops. If weather conditions are favourable by the end of March, the same jobs will be done in Ryazan oblast too.

New students have enrolled on the EkoNiva’s Corporate Master’s Degree Course aimed at upskilling the company’s budding specialists.

EkoNiva’s Spring Academy educational programme has started at the company's operations in Voronezh, Ryazan, Kaluga, Orenburg and Novosibirsk oblasts. This year, about 200 students from Russian higher and secondary vocational agricultural institutions will take part in the training.

EkoNiva has taken part in TatAgroExpo 2023, the 5th anniversary trade show of farming sector achievements. In Kazan, the company presented a wide range of staple crop seeds, including the in-house bred ones, and pedigree dairy cattle.

The Russian Quality System (Roskachestvo) confirms the organic status of EkoNiva enterprises in Kaluga oblast. Following the inspection carried out by the Russian Quality System (Roskachestvo), EkoNiva Group subsidiaries Savinskaya Niva (organic farming enterprise) and MosMedynagroprom (milk-processing plant) have proven their conformity with organic standards. The certificate of conformity is issued for three years and implies an annual inspection aimed at confirming that the enterprises meet all the requirements applicable to organic operations.

Yuriy Vasyukov, Regional Director of EkoNiva Group in Kursk region, has been honoured by the Russian Ministry of Agriculture. He received a prestigious Letter of Commendation signed by Dmitriy Patrushev, Minister of Agriculture, that expresses gratitude for years of diligent and efficient work of the Director and the whole Zashchitnoye farm team in the agricultural industry.

In 2022, the gross milk yield across all EkoNiva’s farms passed a 1-million milestone for the second year running and reached record breaking 1.19 million tonnes. Over 111,200 cows in total have contributed to such an excellent result, but some outliers delivered the most outstanding performances across the holding. At some enterprises in Voronezh, Orenburg and Ryazan oblasts, individual cows produced up to 74 kg of excellent-quality milk per day. Please, meet 5 top performers of 2022 (all Holsteins) selected based on the breeding value.