Latifundist, Elevatorist launch weeklong agro-processing tour across Ukraine

Latifundist.com, along with colleagues from Elevatorist.com, is embarking on a new agro-tour dedicated to agro-processing — one of the most complex yet strategically important sectors of Ukrainian agribusiness.

Over a week, the editorial teams, together with colleagues from Raiffeisen Bank Ukraine, will visit 10 processing enterprises across the country: from dairies being built during wartime, oilseed processing plants operating amid excess capacity in the market, sugar producers seeking new export opportunities after two strong seasons and the EU market opening, to vegetable and niche crop processors and flour mills — a “dying industry” still managing to stay afloat.

Raiffeisen Bank Ukraine is the partner of the project.

The expedition will feature live reports from the field: each day, the teams will visit two enterprises, speaking with managers and owners about working conditions during the war, labour shortages, sourcing raw materials, sales markets, profitability, energy efficiency, competition, and future prospects.

“Since the start of the war, the government has declared its commitment to developing processing, and indeed, we’re hearing more about added value and reducing dependence on price volatility or seasonality. But the weak points of the processing industry are rarely discussed. We want to show how this sector really lives, tackles challenges, and generates margin where it’s hardest to find. Why ‘processing on the move’? Because many companies are literally searching for solutions on the go: facing blocked logistics, new export barriers, and a workforce crisis caused by the war. Yet even under these conditions, the industry doesn’t stop,” said Latifundist.com Editor-in-Chief Kostiantyn Tkachenko.