BEFL has updated the Overview of Russia’s Largest Agricultural Landholders in April 2017. The overview shows 50 companies with over 12m ha of farmland under control.

The overview 2017 includes the main chart of 50 companies with 8 new ones and Razgulay Group no longer in the race. The Top 5 is led by Prodimex, like last year, followed by Rusagro, Miratorg, Agrocomplex and Ak Bars. The companies with the largest gain in land assets over 2016 are shown in a separate chart (the leader here is JSFC Sistema with its subsidiary Stepp Agroholding and jointly owned RZ Agro). The overview also shows the change of the land portfolio controlled by the Top 5 since 2012.

The overview includes companies having over 100k ha of farmland in control (owned, leased or possessed by any other legal right).