February 11, 2013
Miratorg expands business operations in 2012
ABH Miratorg remained the undisputed leader among Russian pork and feed producers in 2012, as its total amount of realised holding investments was more than RUB90 billion (US$3 billion), while the number of jobs created exceeded 13,000.
In 2012, the total amount of the grain crops harvested by ABH Miratorg was 297,000 tonnes, which is 30% higher than in 2011 (228,000 tonnes). In addition, 421,000 tonnes of non-grain crops (hay, silage, haylage) were harvested in 2012, which is 3.5 times the amount of harvested in 2011 (123,000 tonnes). In 2012, the Holding''s cultivated area increased by 101,000 hectares, and made 316,000 hectares, 47% more than in 2011.
In 2012, ABH Miratorg''s total volume of feed production reached 768,850 tonnes, which is 80.7% more than in 2011 (425,500 tonnes). In 2013, in the Bryansk region, the commissioning of a fourth feed mill has been planned with an elevator and a production capacity of 360,000 tonnes of feed per year. The total annual production capacity from all four feed mills is 1.46 million tonnes per year. The total amount of one-time storage makes 575 tonnes.
The planned volume of feed production for 2013 is 1.12 million tonnes, which will fully supply the 2.7 million pigs on the holding''s pig complexes, as well as nine million poultry on its farms. Today, the company is Russia''s biggest feed producer.
The Holding''s volume of pork production in 2012 was 280,200 tonnes live weight, which is 65% more than in 2011 (170,200 tonnes). Production growth is the result of the increased efficiency of pig complexes, bigger pig production capacities, as well as the launch of industrial sites in the Kursk region.
There were 121,000 breeding sows in 2012- 34% more than in 2011 (90,000). The business plan for 2013 forecasts production of 363,200 tonnes live weight, 83 million tonnes more than in 2012, and 193,000 tonnes more than in 2011. Production growth will be achieved by reaching full production capacity at the pig complexes commissioned in 2012, and also increased capacity. In 2013, the stocking and commissioning of four closed cycle pig complexes are planned in the Kursk region.
In 2012, ABH Miratorg''s meat processing enterprise, JSC Pig Complex Korocha in the Belgorod region in 2012 had an output of 182,000 tonnes, which is 42% more than in 2011 (128,000 tonnes). Production growth is the result of the increased supply of animals from ABH Miratorg-owned complexes and the completion of the modernisation of the main slaughter line at JSC Pig Complex Korocha.
In 2012, ABH Miratorgcontinued its strategy of increased domestic self-sufficiency. The share of sales of own production through holding retailers amounted to 214,000 tonnes. Total sales amount of holding retailers in 2012 was 366,000 tonnes.
Today, within the framework of the ABH Miratorg beef production project in the Bryansk region, 24 farms for cattle breeding have been completed, 20 of them stocked with Aberdeen Angus cattle from Australia and the US, and the total amount of cattle is over 70,000 head, of which, 4,200 are calves born at Bryansk Miratorg farms in spring-autumn 2012). Miratorg plans to complete construction and stocking of 27 farms during 2013, and to achieve 120,000 breeding stock by the end of the year. Three Miratorg cattle breeding farms were commissioned in Ozersk district near Kaliningrad, bringing the total breeding herd to 12,000 animals.
Currently, ABH Miratorg is building seven broiler chicken farms, and modern meat processing complex, hatchery, feed mill and elevator in the Vygonichi district of Bryansk region. In the Trubchevsk district of Bryansk, 10 of the 12 planned poultry sites are now being constructed. Two breeders'' sites are planned for 2013.