Farming

Kernel’s farming operations comprise agricultural farms, managing in the aggregate over 210 000 ha of prime farm land. Kernel has concentrated its farming operations in six large clusters, located in regions where the company owns silo capacity and processing plants. Kernel’s farms produce a range of crops exclusively on the basis of their commercial value and destined to be either exported by the company or processed in Kernel factories. Our farms have historically grown a crop mix producing up to one-third wheat, and from 10 to 15% each of barley, corn, soybean, rapeseed and sunflower. In 2011, the company estimates harvesting approximately 600 000 tons of grains and oil-bearing crops in aggregate on 183 000 ha of prime farm land, representing 10% of the total tonnage of agricultural products handled or processed by the company.