Egg boom: how did South Ural poultry farms get rich after rising egg prices?

Chelyabinsk poultry farms earned millions after rising prices for chicken eggs .

At the end of April, chicken egg producers and suppliers published reports for 2023. “The Course of Business” looked at how the financial situation of South Ural egg producers has changed after an abnormal rise in prices.

Several large producers of chicken eggs are registered in the Chelyabinsk region, seven, to be more precise. We are talking about the following companies: “Healthy Farm”, “Magnitogorsk Poultry Complex”, “SITNO”, “Ravis”, “Chebarkul Poultry”, “Uralbroiler”, “PJSC Chelyabinsk Poultry Farm ”.

In this material we will talk about several manufacturers.

Earlier, the Course of Business reported that prices for chicken eggs in the Chelyabinsk region began to rise in the fall of 2023. At first, prices reached 134 rubles per dozen, and in 2024 they soared to 200 rubles.

Now prices for eggs in Chelyabinsk reach 160 rubles per dozen. This trend worries city residents; some prefer to refuse to buy this product altogether.

Minister of Agriculture Dmitry Patrushev said in December 2023 that chicken eggs from Turkey and Iran would soon be brought to RUSSIA. No such eggs were seen on the shelves of Chelyabinsk stores.

The Course of Business correspondent walked through Chelyabinsk stores and looked at the prices of eggs, as well as at the producers who are represented in these retail chains. We found out how the revenue of poultry farms and egg producers changed over the year. The basis for the analysis will be data from the Spark service.

Group of companies "Healthy Farm"

The products of the "Healthy Farm" company are presented in the "Magnit" store. The group of companies is registered in the Argayash district of the Chelyabinsk region in the village of Ishalino. The company has many types of activities, starting with the production of ready-made animal feed and ending with the production of products from the flour-grinding and cereal industries.

According to the data of 2023, 104 people work in the Group of Companies, according to the average number of employees. Over the past year, the company's income amounted to four billion rubles. True, in 2022 the company’s income was even greater - almost six billion rubles.

The company's net profit for 2023 amounted to 20 million rubles, and for 2022 the company lost 315 million rubles.

The Healthy Farm Group of Companies has been registered since 2012. The Healthy Farm Group of Companies includes the region’s largest Argayash and Kunashak broiler poultry farms, Rodnikovskypig farm , Komsomolsk poultry farm for egg production, as well as the MEAT processing enterprise “Healthy Farm Delicatessen” and a feed mill.

Chebarkul Poultry LLC

The products of the Chebarkul poultry farm are presented in many chain stores in the region, and they also have branded stores with products. They sell eggs, chicken , cereals and more. The company is registered in the village of Timiryazevsky, Chebarkul district, Chelyabinsk region.

The company has many types of activities, mainly breeding poultry, growing grain crops, growing feed crops. As of 2023, the company employs 1,893 employees. Over the year, the company increased its income by 1.3 billion: in 2022 - 6.5 billion rubles, in 2023 - 7.8 billion rubles.

In 2023, the company's net profit increased significantly, amounting to 1.1 billion rubles, while in 2022 it was almost 10 times less - only 116 million rubles.

The company has been on the market for 20 years, registered in 2004. The enterprise is one of the large ones.

Ravis LLC

Another chicken eggs presented on the shelves of chain stores are eggs from the Ravis company. The company is registered in the Sosnovsky district of the Chelyabinsk region.

This company also has more than one type of activity. "Ravis" is engaged in the sale of eggs in specialized stores, and the wholesale trade of meat and poultry, and the production of sausages, etc.

As of last year, the company employs 2,335 people. The company has been operating on the market since the end of 2002, that is, more than 20 years.

Over the past year, the company’s revenue decreased to 7.4 billion rubles, in 2022 it was 8.1 billion.

But the company’s net profit for last year amounted to 274 million rubles, while the year before last it was several times less - 71.5 million rubles.