THE LARGEST OWNERS OF AGRICULTURAL LAND IN RUSSIA

Issue № 7, 2024, article № 11, pages 106-117

Section: Land use and land relations

Language: Russian

Original language title: КРУПНЕЙШИЕ ВЛАДЕЛЬЦЫ ЗЕМЕЛЬ СЕЛЬСКОХОЗЯЙСТВЕННОГО НАЗНАЧЕНИЯ В РОССИИ

Keywords: AGRICULTURAL HOLDINGS, LANDOWNERS, AGRICULTURAL LAND, ARABLE LAND, PROFIT, AGRICULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS, AGRICULTURE, RATING, AGRICULTURAL LAND MARKET

Abstract: The article presents the annual rating of the largest owners of agricultural land in Russia as of the beginning of 2024, compiled by BEFL LLC together with the Federal State Budgetary Budgetary Institution FSBSI FRC AESDRA VNIIESH. The market analysis was carried out solely for the purpose of determining the main owners of agricultural land in Russia and the size of their agricultural land area. The term «under control» used by us in the article in this case means ownership of agricultural land on the right of ownership, lease or use in another other right established by law. We do not exclude the fact that there are other participants in the agricultural land market in Russia who own land banks comparable to those listed in this article, but not included in this rating. To analyze this market segment, we used public information disclosed by the landowners themselves or their representatives, shareholders, and beneficiaries. The current trends in 2022-2023 have become more obvious: an increase in the key rate, which led to an increase in the price of debt financing; the cost of agricultural production continues to increase, including due to rising prices for fertilizers, agricultural fertilizers, imported and new domestic machinery, and spare parts. In the 2024 ranking We represent 77 organizations, their total land bank amounted to 18.5 million hectares, which is 1.1 million hectares more than in 2023. In the current 2024 rating, seven new agricultural organizations are represented, the total land bank of which amounted to 990 thousand hectares. In 2024, for the first time, neither the composition nor the positions of the first 10 participants in 2023 changed. The land bank of the Top 10 has grown by 158 thousand hectares over the year, and this is almost entirely due to agricultural organizations from the top five.

Authors: Avarskii Nabi Dalgatovich, Novoselov Eduard Arkadevich, Valueva Inessa Petrovna, Overchuk Logvin Alexandrovich