3-Nd International Conference

Where the margin is

3-nd International Conference

for agricultural producers
and suppliers of agricultural inputs and services

January 31, 2012

Moscow, Radisson Slavyanskaya Hotel

Site of Conference:

Press release #10, January 26, 2011

Where the Margin Is 2012

We are in the final stage of preparing for the 3-rd International agricultural conference

"Where the Margin Is".

Victor Semenov, fmr. Minister of Agriculture, Chairman of Agribusiness committee of the Russian Chamber of Industry and Commerce, is to take part in the conference.

Jason Silm, head of agricultural investment branch, VTB Capital, will take part in the agricultural investments session.

As of January 26, the “land bank” of the conference participants exceeded 3.8 MHA

The conference is meant for large and largest agricultural producers, ag inputs manufacturers, dealers and distributors, financiers, insurers, agricultural and agribusiness investors, traders, food processors, and policy makers.

Among registered companies:Region-Agro, Kubanagroprod, Sodrugestvo Group, Grainrus, Port of Sillamäe, Sloboda-agro, AgroGard, SEUS, Steppe Group, Lipetskoye Group of Farms, Plodorodie, Terra-Invest, Bryansk-Agro, B&N FINAM Group Asset Management LLC, IPF Management, Ratum Legal Firm LTD., SGS Vostok Ltd., AgroTerra, INTL FCStone, MALTEUROP Russia, AVG Capital Partners, Louis Dreyfus Commodities Vostok, Burlington Capital Group, Maribo, Amazone, Russkij Dom, Strube Rus, Ernst and Young LLC, Sudzucker AG Mannheim, Czarnikow Group LTD, EkoNiva-APK Holding, Prodimex Holding, Trio XXI, Elevator Consulting, Russian Agricultural Bank, Agrico, SAHO (Siberian Agricultural Holding), Egida Yug (Krasnodar), Otkritie Brokerage house JSC, Start (Sverdlovsk), GK Agroprom MDT, Vlasta LLC (Rostov), PosZernoCom, Razgulay Group, TAV Group of companies and ASK Farm (Chuvashia), Agro Expert Group, Vyazovo Farm (Tula), Valinor-Management, Russian Dairy Company (RUSMOLKO), Agro-Industrial Group Dairy Product, BASF, ASB Management Company (Stavropol), Leasing company De Lage Landen, The Southern Grain Market 1 (Volgograd), LLC «Asset Management «Agro Standard», KAZAGROS, RZ Agro/Russkaya Zemlya, APK-Inform Agensy, ASSOCIATION «ZAURALE», U.S. Wheat Associates, BUNGE CIS LLC, Razgulay Group, The Inter-Regional Agroindustrial Company, Uraltransbank, Agroco (Belgorod), Agrofirm Doronichi, Rusagro, Sberbank of Russia, , Agrostar, Adept-Complect Ltd, Uralcontract, Trade House «AGROTORG» LLC, Komos Group, BEITEN BURKHARDT Ukraine, United Grain Company, Rosagroleasing, Investment company A1 LLC, Trade House Dominant, RusAero-Market, Claas Vostok, Sistema JSFC, John Deere Rus, Vilion (Lipetsk), CNH-Kamaz Industry, Eurotechnika MPS ltd, Gazprombank, KorCom, Karavay, Red Sugar, Association of European Businesses, Oskolskaya Flour, Michurinsk Flour Mills (Tambov), ZOLOTAYA NIVALLC (Orenburg), SUN InBev, Titan, Salans, NEOFORCE (Smolensk), The Regional Food Company (Perm), Agro-Nova (Moscow), Cargill LLC, Agriflex Trading House, RAV Agro-Pro, Agromaster Yug, Mansurovo Agrocomplex (Kursk), Aston, VTB CapitalAgricultural Investment branch,and other companies and organizations.

Among our participants

DairyProduct, Agro-IndustrialGroup is established in 2004. Nowadays the group includes 2 dairy mega-farms, 15 diversified production farms, elevators and dairy. The group’s priorities include:

Raw milk production:

Rawmilkisproducedby 15 traditionalfarmsand 2 mega-farms. Thetotalcattlenumberaccounts 16630 heads, including dairy herd - 8350 cows.

Grain production:

Thegroupcontrolsmorethan 100 THA, including 50% undergraihns. Elevatorscapatitiesexceed 150 TMT.

Swine growing:

From 2008 therewaslaunchedanewindustrialswineoperation, which, after completion, will include 5 productionunits: breedingfarmof 840 sows, 2 reproducers, and 2 feedingunitsof 120 thousandheads.

Underconstruction:

Feed mill of 340 TMT compound feeds per year;

Slaughter house of 700 heads of pigs and 20 heads of cattle per shift.

SGS Vostok Ltdis the world leader in the field control, expertise, tests, and certification services. The company provides:

Inspectionservices. Quantityandqualitymanagementalong the vertical pipeline.

Laboratorytests. Checking the compliance of product characteristics to the international state, industry norms in close proximity to the customer’s production/manufacturing facilities
Certification services.Confirmation of processes or products compliance to the industry standards.

During its 30 years of functioning on the Russian market, SGS has formed a wide network of affiliates, operational offices, and laboratories in 48 cities of the Russian Federation.

OneofSGSprojectsheadedbythein-housesoillaboratoryisaimedatcomplexagrochemicalsurveyofagricultural fields: sampling, analysis, cartograms preparations, issuing recommendations, etc.

Theme for 2012: Farmland as an emerging asset class in Russia and Eastern Europe countries