Our locations in Russia

The provincial capital of Voronezh is the most important center in southern central Russia. It is home to the headquarters of the EkoNiva Group and its largest and most modern operation, EkoNiva Agro, which comprises more than 148,700 ha. Meanwhile, almost 39,530 dairy cows plus offspring are kept at the site.

In addition to dairy farming, crop farming and suckler cow farming, some of the milk is already processed into fresh milk, quark, sour milk products, UHT milk, milk powder and butter in two of the company's own dairies and sold to the retail trade or in the company's own sales points.

Established in 2006, this farming operation is located in the Masljanino district around 180 km from the city of Novosibirsk. Some 105,000 ha of farmland are available for growing food crops and fodder crops as well as seeds for grains and legumes. This recognized breeding center for Simmental, Holstein-Friesian and Hereford cattle produces milk and beef, with a small portion of the milk processed internally. The stock comprises 31,420 cattle including about 14,320 dairy cows.

Furthermore, the neighboring Altai region belongs to this location.

Kursk is located close to the border with Ukraine and home to one of Ekosem-Agrar’s first farming operations, which primarily specializes in seeds. Quality seeds for grains and legumes are cultivated on an area of approx. 45,500 ha.

The site also comprises a dairy cow facility with a current stock of some 2,140 cattle including 1,120 dairy cows.

Established in 2006, the farming operations located close to the city of Kaluga are primarily important because of their proximity to Moscow and comprise two independent entities, Kaluga (Central) and Kaluga (Savino).

This operation mainly produces fresh milk for the Russian capital. It comprises several dairy cow facilities as well as a milk processing facility. Over 39,720 cattle, including roughly 22,540 dairy cows, are kept here. Moreover, grain and fodder crops are grown on some 82,200 ha of farmland.

This farming operation produces organic beef as well as various organic food crops on a site of 6,000 ha in compliance with the Russian and EU regulations for organic farming. The extensive suckler cow farming operations comprise 650 cattle. The products are among others sold to baby food producer HIPP in Russia. 170 dairy cows are kept for the production of organic milk under the "EkoNiva" brand.

Tyumen (in western Siberia) has been part of the Ekosem-Agrar Group since 2011. At 9,800 ha, the farm is one of the smaller in terms of the area. Apart from the cultivation of grain and fodder crops, the farm keeps some 4,410 cattle, including about 2,130 dairy cows.

Another operation of the Group is located in the north of the Orenburg province on the Ural Mountains on a site of more than 84,000 ha. Since 2002, this farm has primarily cultivated grain, sunflowers and peas; 1,030 cattle for the production of meat are also kept here.

The location also includes the neighboring republics of Bashkortostan and Tatarstan. In August 2019, a dairy cow facility for 2,800 dairy cows was opened here, with more such facilities to follow at a later date.

A comparatively young site of the Ekosem-Agrar Group, which is the result of an acquisition made in December 2017, is located in Ryazan, east of Moscow. The main focus is on dairy farming and crop farming, with grain, sunflowers, rape seed and legumes cultivated on around 99,400 ha.

Dairy farming was expanded to 12,170 dairy cows in 2019. The farm is a recognized breeding farm for Holstein Friesean.

The site in Moscow is the Group's second youngest operation. The operative entry into this region took place at the beginning of 2019. The controlled area amounts to 15,000 hectares. The focus is on dairy farming. In crop farming, fodder for the dairy cattle herd is therefore mainly cultivated. Construction of a new dairy cow facility for 3,300 dairy cows is scheduled to start in 2019.

We are currently setting up a new location in the Leningrad region. This will be based on a small existing farm with an area of around 3,200 hectares and 720 dairy cows.