Рус Raw Material Base
The Saratov Region is among Russia’s strongest agricultural regions and gives direct access to wheat, sunflower, barley, corn, rye, oats, chickpeas, and other pulses.
Joint Production
Joint Production in the Saratov Region
Build value-added agro production with a local sourcing and export platform already in place.
We are looking for established international partners with market expertise, sales channels, and operational discipline to launch scalable processing projects in Russia.
What we are ready to develop together
- Wheat Flour Production Full-cycle flour production in the Saratov Region with access to local wheat, storage, and export logistics.
- Sunflower Oil Flexible model for crude or staged sunflower oil production with processing and final-market adaptation.
- Animal Feed Compound feed projects built on a stable base of wheat, barley, corn, sunflower, and other regional crops.
What the holding already has in place
The project is based on a ready ecosystem: crop base, procurement, storage, logistics, industrial площадка, workforce, and export channels. This is why the page is not only about opportunity, but about operational feasibility.
Procurement Team
Holding "Oleonafta" has an experienced sourcing team capable of purchasing raw materials after harvest, when pricing is more efficient for long-cycle processing projects.
Storage Platform
The group owns five silos with total storage capacity of about 240,000 tons, creating a practical basis for supply concentration, quality control, and staged production.
Industrial Readiness
The logistics complex provides around 100,000 sq. m of premises, a main building area of 76,000 sq. m, territory of 25 hectares, and electrical power up to 20 MW.
Raw material base
The Saratov Region offers one of the strongest agricultural foundations in Russia for projects built around flour, sunflower oil, and feed production.
Wheat
- The region annually produces about 5 million tons of wheat.
- This supports local flour production without significant sourcing costs from other regions.
Sunflower Seeds
- The Saratov Region is one of the strongest sunflower-producing areas in Russia.
- Harvest volume is around 1.8 million tons, which creates a powerful base for sunflower oil projects.
Feed Crops
- The region grows the main crops required for compound feed production: wheat, barley, corn, sunflower, and others.
- This gives stability for both feed formulation and long-term scaling.
Procurement, storage, and production readiness
The group can support the model from raw material purchasing to storage concentration and industrial start-up. This reduces friction between sourcing and production.
Production Complex
- Potential wheat flour capacity up to 1,500 tons per day.
- Potential sunflower oil capacity up to 2,000 tons per day.
- Existing on-site elevator capacity of 5,000 tons with room for additional storage expansion.
Workforce and Infrastructure
- The region has trained personnel with experience in agriculture, agribusiness, and technical operations.
- Industrial infrastructure allows fast modernization or deployment of production facilities.
Location Logic
- Three nearby silos are only about 140 km away from the future production location.
- The facility stands on the North-South International Transport Corridor.
Infrastructure and logistics
- Railway, highways, and Volga River access simplify movement of both raw materials and finished goods.
- The warehouse complex has direct railway access for shipments through Russia’s rail network.
- One silo has a berth for river-sea vessels up to 5,000 tons, opening routes to Iran, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, and Turkmenistan.
- River routes through the Volga-Don Channel extend access to Black Sea, Mediterranean, and Red Sea directions.
- Goods can also move efficiently to St. Petersburg and Novorossiysk, and by rail toward Central Asia, Afghanistan, China, and Mongolia.
Export advantage of processed goods
- Wheat exports are subject to duty, while wheat flour exports are structurally more attractive.
- Sunflower seed export duty is effectively prohibitive, while sunflower oil exports are usually more commercially viable.
- Processed products also benefit from more efficient export logistics than raw commodity flows.
In practical terms, this means flour and sunflower oil may offer a more rational export profile than raw wheat or sunflower seeds, both from the customs and logistics standpoint.
Regional crop overview
The region holds leading positions in Russian agriculture and allocates significant acreage to crops that matter for value-added processing and export.
- Wheat
- Sunflower
- Barley
- Corn
- Oats and rye
- Chickpeas and pulses
Partnership model
We welcome partnerships with companies that already have strong market knowledge, established distribution, and the ability to commercialize final products in their target countries.
Our side contributes local raw material access, procurement capability, storage, regional infrastructure, and logistics. The partner side may contribute technology, product expertise, branding, market access, and sales execution.
Partnership Contact
Discuss a joint production model
If you are interested in wheat flour, sunflower oil, or animal feed production in cooperation with a regional agricultural platform, we are ready to continue the discussion directly.
Mr. Dmitry Trushin
WhatsApp: +7-903-966-33-66
Email: dmitry@astarta-agro.ru
Languages: Russian and English