Consolidation of agricultural lands is almost the most popular idea of the last year. But the pioneer in this activity was not the Russian company: at the end of 2007 at OMX First North primary offering of the Swedish Company BLACK EARTH FARMING which major shareholders are Vostok Nafta and Kinnevik took place.    PDF 100 kb

Endless fields of out-of-the-way Tambov region. His vinous Lexus with Moscow city license plates raises dust along the fields when driving down the earth-road. This man is the President of “AGRO-Invest” holding, named Mikhail Orlov, who came to view hid domains.    PDF 90 kb

Utenlandske kapitalister er i ferd med å revolusjonere russisk jordbruk. Jord som har ligget brakk siden sovjettiden, dyrkes nå igjen med vestlig landbruksteknologi. Traktorfører Dmitrij Kapaljov sikter seg inn på blandingen av meterhøye ville vekster; blomster, gress og ugress. Alt klippes, rives og pløyes, og etter at traktoren har gjort sitt, er den svarte, fruktbare jorden synlig. Til høsten skal denne åkerlappen på gården Sosnovka i Tambov fylke være klar til bruk, etter at naturen har fått råde alene i årene siden Sovjetunionens oppløsning.    PDF 72 kb

On June 27th, during the inaugural Voronezh Investment Forum, AGRO-Invest and the administration of Voronezh Region signed an agreement on long-term cooperation on investment projects. The agreement covers the construction of five cattle-breeding complexes with a total of 9,600 heads of cattle between 2009 and 2013.    PDF 138 kb

STANOVOYE, Lipetsk Region — Recent increases in world food prices coupled with Russia's excess of land and low production costs should have been a boon for farmers like Anatoly Mitin.    PDF 267 kb

Descended from a noble Russian family of statesmen, diplomats and soldiers, Michel Orlov was born in Switzerland. He returned to the country of his forefathers after the collapse of the Soviet Union, making a living first as a financier, then as a farmer. Russia’s once thriving agricultural industry was at the time a basket case, but three years of hard work have yielded results. Now the company controls about 300,000 hectares of land across Russia's six southern regions - an area about the size of Luxembourg. Keeping track of it all is not easy. (watch video)