In the ranking of the largest owners of agricultural land in Russia according to the BEFL has changed. Belonging to the family of the ex-Minister of agriculture Alexander Tkachev, “Agrokompleks them. N. I. Tkachev,” ahead of group “Rusagro” the ex-Senator Vadim Moshkovich and took third place in the list, collecting more than 650 thousand hectares of the Total land Bank the five largest for this indicator, companies for the year reached 3.81 million ha. BEFL published rating of the largest owners of agricultural land may 2020. The composition of the five leaders remain the same, and the total land Bank of these companies increased from 3.66 million hectares to 3.81 million hectares. At the same time, “Agrokompleks them. N. I. Tkachev,” (belongs to the family of the former head of the Ministry of agriculture and former Governor of Krasnodar territory Alexander Tkachev) climbed from fourth to third place. BEFL assesses the land Bank of the company in 653 thousand hectares. Read telegrupa “Rusagro” ex-Senator Vadim Moshkovich, fell from third to fourth position with 643 thousand. the First line has maintained one of the largest Russian meat producers APH “Miratorg” Viktor Linnik and Alexander (1.04 million ha). The second is the main sugar producer in Russia holding “prodimeks” Igor Khudokormov with 865 thousand hectares. the top five dairy holding company “EkoNiva” Stefan Duerr, the land Bank which is estimated at 599 thousand ha. in addition, the holding manages its own retail network of approximately 600 stores in the Krasnodar and Stavropol edges, the Rostov region and Adygea Republic. In 2019, the revenues of JSC “Agrocomplex them. N. I. Tkachev,” was 53.2 billion rubles., net profit — 1.6 billion RUB Total rating of 61 BEFL presents the company with a total land Bank under control to the amount of 14.2 million ha, which is 779 hectares greater than the figure a year earlier. With 49 companies control more than 100 thousand hectares of farmland each.As noted by the General Director of the Institute for agricultural market studies Dmitry Rylko, due to macroeconomic factors, the number of M&A transactions in the industry could be reduced, since the available funding for major acquisitions is likely to be less. In addition, the pandemic COVID-19 and the global decline in demand for agricultural products — a negative factor for the prices of agricultural land, pointed out Director of “Sovekon” Andrey Sizov.Anatoly Kostyriv
