The land bank of the largest owners of agricultural land in the Russian Federation has grown by 0.5 million hectares — BEFL

It amounted to 19 million hectares The audit and consulting company BEFL has released a new rating of large owners of agricultural land in Russia. The 2025 rating includes 75 companies, their total land bank amounted to 19 million hectares, 0.5 million hectares more than last year. The past 2024 was a record year in terms of the value of mergers and acquisitions in the agricultural business, the company notes. The volume of M&A transactions in agriculture in monetary terms increased almost threefold over the year: from 52 billion rubles in 2023 to 240 billion rubles in 2024. There are four new companies in the current year's rating, their total land bank amounted to 410 thousand hectares. Seven companies left the rating: AFG National, GC Agrodinamika, Krasnoyaruzhskaya Grain Company (GC Prioskolye), GC Agro-Belogorye, agrofirm Rubezh, A7 Agro and Khuzangaevskoye. Five of the companies that left the rating became leaders as a result of M&A transactions. The land bank of the top ...