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Krasnodar has hosted YUGAGRO 2023, a major international agricultural trade show. For the first time, EkoNiva-Chernozemye has taken part in the event, presenting its technical innovations to local farmers. EkoNiva’s booth also featured seeds of in-house and global breeding and highly productive pedigree cattle.
Mother’s Day is traditionally celebrated on the last Sunday of November. In our country, the history of this family holiday dates back for over 20 years. Nowadays, several thousand mums work at EkoNiva Group’s enterprises, and more than 600 of them have multi-child status. We asked our female employees about family traditions, the best leisure time together and finding balance between work and motherhood.
EkoNiva Group, the largest Russian dairy holding, has published its operating results over January-September 2023 covering its core business segments: dairy farming, milk processing and crop production.
It has become a good tradition for EkoNiva Group’s seed growing subdivision to take part in KazAgro/KazFarm trade show. For the fourth time, EkoNiva-Semena has presented its booth to the farmers of Kazakhstan at the EXPO International Exhibition Centre. Over the three days of the event, the company has had a lot of productive business meetings with current and potential partners.
For the first time, EkoNiva has joined the activities of the Privolzhye 2023 testing ground, a large-scale project organised by the Soya Bean Grain Association of the Volga Federal District. Following the event, the company's in-house bred varieties were awarded Laureate Variety diplomas.
On 16 October 2023, the National Mercantile Exchange (NAMEX), part of Moscow Exchange Group, held the first commodity auctions for milk and dairy products organised by EkoNiva Group.
EkoNiva, Russia's largest milk producer, announces the commissioning of Bortnikovo dairy farm in Stupino district, Moscow oblast. The project investments totalled 4.1 billion rubles, with Rosselkhozbank being the financial partner. The launching ceremony was attended by Andrey Vorobyov, Governor of the region, Denis Konstantinov, Deputy Chairman of the Management Board of Rosselkhozbank, and Stefan Dürr, President of EkoNiva Group.
Ryazan subdivision of EkoNiva Group, the country's largest dairy holding, took part in the 25th Russian agricultural trade fair Golden Autumn 2023 from 4 to 7 October in Moscow. At the event, Oka Moloko farming enterprise showcased two Holstein cows – Kislaya and Ami.
EkoNiva's enterprise has taken sixth place in the ranking of the most highly productive dairy farms. It was released by the National Association of Milk Producers (Soyuzmoloko) and Streda Consulting data analytics company. The productivity of the holding's cows on Nesterovo farm in Ryazan oblast reached 12,742 kg per head by the end of 2022.
The company has officially re-launched Belsakhar sugar plant in its Kursk subdivision. It is symbolic that this event coincided with the 165th anniversary of the factory’s foundation. The opening ceremony was attended by Roman Starovoyt, Governor of Kursk Oblast, and Stefan Dürr, President of EkoNiva Group. As part of the celebration, the best employees of Belsakhar were honoured with regional awards.