19 December 2011
KSG Agro (KSG PW) planted a total of 30.1 ths ha in its winter campaign: 21.5 ths ha with winter wheat, 6.8 ths ha with winter barley and 1.8 ths ha with rapeseed, the company reported on Friday. Yegor Samusenko: The total area KSG Agro planted this winter represents half of its 59 ths ha landbank. We attribute the high share of land planted with lower-margin grain (typically for peers no more than 40% with winter grain) to efforts to improve the quality of land acquired in 2011 (roughly half of its current landbank).