KSG Agro has strengthened the security of the pig farm and increased staff salaries
KSG Agro has taken additional measures to motivate and protect the staff of the holding’s farms during the period of hostilities in Ukraine. Shipment of meat to retail chains continues, in particular, to Zaporozhzhia. This news came from the press service of the agricultural holding.
KSG Agro has taken additional measures to motivate and protect the staff of the holding’s farms during the period of hostilities in Ukraine. As the pig farm, being under the responsibility of Strong-Invest, a KSG Agro company, is one of the strategically important food security companies, the contribution of its employees to the victory over the enemy is in the coordinated and efficient work of the team. In this regard, with the support of the Association of Pig Farmers of Ukraine (ACU) through the Dnipropetrovsk Regional State Administration, the holding submitted to the Ministry of Agrarian Policy lists of employees of the pig farm, which will be given exemption from mobilization.
“Our staff works under very difficult conditions, doing their best to produce food that is vital for the people of Ukraine and its army,” said Sergiy Kasianov, Chairman of the Board of Directors at KSG Agro. ” The activities of the holding are strategically important from the point of view of food security of the country, so our front is labor and we see our task in the coordinated work of the team. I believe that this is no less important for victory than defending our Ukraine with weapons in hand.” To recall, KSG Agro continues to ship pork at the request of consumers, including into the Silpo and Varus retail chains. Since February 24, the company has supplied about 500 tons of pork. Deliveries are made not only in the Dnipropetrovsk region, where the share of the holding’s pork market is 50%, but also in Zaporozhzhia. In Zaporozhzhia today there is a difficult humanitarian situation, including with the provision of food. And our drivers, risking their lives, make deliveries to the Silpo stores in Zaporozhzhia and the Zaporozhzhia region,” Sergiy Kasianov said.
After the start of hostilities on the territory of Ukraine, all of the holding’s employees received additional motivation in the form of a twofold increase in wages during the war. In addition, they were paid double the advance and provided food for the people. If before the war, employees paid 50% for lunches in the canteen of the pig farm, now they are completely free for them.
“All employees are provided with food rations, which, in particular, include 3 kg of pork. For those who need official housing, apartments are additionally rented at the location of the pig farm at the holding’s expense. To ensure the leisure of the children of the pig farm staff, an “own” kindergarten was opened in the administrative building so that mothers would not have to worry about their children. And three bomb shelters were equipped at the location of the enterprise,” Sergiy Kasianov added. In order to strengthen the security of the pig farm, protection is organized by the defense forces, who receive our support and regular meals. Furthermore, additional checkpoints have been set up to protect both the pig farm and the settlement in which it is located.
