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Gold sponsors of the 4-th International Summer agricultural conference Where the Margin Is

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The early bird registration to our 4-th International Summer agricultural conference Where the Margin Is is ongoing. We thaqnk those numerous participants who have already registered for the event.

Where The Margin Is 2026 - summer

The Conference will be held on July 23-24 in legendary Radisson Collection Hotel, Moscow, Speakers, Sponsors, Media, Margin in Media.

Unlike our 2-days winter conferences, the Summer conference will be of one working day (although in the evening of July 23 we hold a traditional buffet with famous Radisson Collection cuisine and live music). During the working program of July 24 we focus on crops size forecasts and prices in Russia and abroad, key ag markets S&D around the world, trade strategies, logistics and market infrastructure update.

Gold sponsors of the Conference:

Rostselmash is a key Russian designer and manufacturer of purpose-designed machines and digital solutions.

The company's product portfolio includes over 150 models and modification of agricultural and road-building machines, such as grain and forage harvesters, tractors, sprayers, hay and forage, grain processing and other equipment.

Also, the company’s product portfolio includes E-solutions to boost the performance of machines and business of their clients. The company has developed and currently tests pilot modes of road-building machines: a telescopic handler and a front loader. Another two models of road-building machines – backhoe loaders and crawler excavators – are currently being developed.

At all stages of the life cycle of products – from design development to their maintenance – the most relevant process solutions are used to meet high requirements of clients.

The company has the largest in the industry network of dealers and service centers. High quality of the provided services is ensured by the modern approach to training and a powerful logistics system.

Rostselmash products are supplied to 20 countries.

International awards, Russian and world records demonstrate the advantages of the produced equipment.

Agroholding «STEPPE» is one of the largest agricultural businesses in southern Russia. The company’s total land bank amounts to 578 thousand hectares. Wheat is the core crop of its production.

The agroholding develops its business in five key areas: crop production, dairy farming, grocery trading, horticulture, and the production of packaged cheese and processed cheese for the HoReCa segment. The company's main assets are located in southern Russia ­ in the Krasnodar, Stavropol and Rostov Regions. STEPPE is among the leaders in the agricultural sector in digitalization.

The annual average gross harvest of agricultural crops is approximately 2 million tons, including over 1 million tons of wheat.

STEPPE is the leader in milk production in Russia according to the National Union of Milk Producers (Soyuzmoloko) and is one of the four largest producers of raw milk in the country. Gross milk yield by the end of 2025 was 267 thousand tons (up 21% year-on-year).

The company produces a wide range of cereals and snacks under its own brand. These products are sold in the country's largest retail chains, including Auchan, Lenta, Pyaterochka, Perekrestok, and others, as well as on major marketplaces such as OZON and Yandex.Market.

The agricultural holding operates 756 hectares of intensive orchards in the Krasnodar region. The annual harvest is approximately 30 thousand tons of dessert apples. Its own fruit storage facility allows it to store up to 23 thousand tons of produce annually, guaranteeing year-round supplies and eliminating seasonal price fluctuations.

The company is actively developing its import substitution program. Currently, the share of Russian agricultural machinery in the Steppe fleet exceeds 85%, and the share of crop protection products is approximately 95%. The company uses domestically grown wheat seeds—the main production crop—as well as exclusively Russian hybrids of sugar beets, confectionery and oilseed sunflowers, chickpeas, flax, mustard, spring barley, alfalfa, and other crops.

Past year the Conference attracted off-line participation of about 300 business owners, highly ranking executives and analysts from leading domestic, Azerbaijan, Belarus, China, Kazakhstan, UAE, Uzbekistan agribusiness companies. On-line participatyion is aLso possible. Please see the archive of previous Conferences.

If you have any questions, or suggestions, please don’t hesitate to ask us at: www@ikar.ru and d.rylko@ikar.ru

19.05.26

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