2022
The agro-industrial holding LNZ Group is creating a berry cooperative for agricultural producers under the Tevitta brand.
The goal of the berry cooperative is to bring berry producers together in one place, secure sales of farmers' produce, and distribute high-quality planting stock.
The Tevitta cooperative provides in vitro raspberry, strawberry and blackberry seedlings to farmers, individual growers or private persons planning to grow berries, in exchange for guaranteed sales of the harvested produce to the Tevitta frozen vegetable, berry and fruit plant.
Understanding the complexity of this business, Tevitta offers agronomic support and provides discounts on the crop protection products and fertilizers needed for cultivation.
In other words, a person who wishes to grow berries is provided with all the material and technical conditions to successfully implement the idea: seedlings, crop protection products, agronomic support and a guaranteed market.
Viktor Kravchenko also noted that, if they wish, farmers registered as legal entities can sign a contract with the plant for processing their produce and storing it until a better price is available. The plant has the necessary equipment and warehouses for this.
«A farmer can freeze berries at our plant and sell them himself. In this case, he signs a contract with the plant. We process the produce. Then the client chooses either to store it with us until a better price is offered or to sell the frozen produce immediately. It is like the grain elevator business — we provide processing services for most products for which we have equipment», says Viktor Kravchenko.
