According to available information, in the coming year, new bond issues offered by agricultural companies may increase by 28%.
It cannot yet be said that companies representing the Russian agricultural business are actively borrowing funds through such an instrument as bonds.
For example, as of June 2025, there were less than 50 issues from such companies. However, during the year, their number may increase to 60, according to some experts.
This could be regarded as a sign that companies are starting to attract money through securities more intensively.
In total, at the moment, the total value of all bonds in the agricultural sector is at the level of about 9 billion rubles. However, this is a rather modest figure, analysts emphasize.
Compared to the total volume of the Russian bond market, the securities of agricultural companies occupy less than 4% of the volume.
Obviously, their share should increase, given the potential of the agro-industrial complex and the role it already plays today, for example, in generating export revenue.
However, it can already be stated that companies from the agro-industrial sector are increasingly actively entering the debt market.
Since 2020, the number of issues has tripled: from 18 to 53. As a result, we see that each year both the number of issues and their total value grows by about 30%.
Experts note that this is largely due to the increased profitability of such securities, which attracts private investors, who today make up a significant part of the Russian market.
In addition, the high Central Bank rate makes traditional lending through banks almost impossible for many companies, since the interest rates offered are becoming extremely unprofitable.
In such conditions, entering the bond market often becomes the optimal solution, since it provides an opportunity to attract financial resources at lower rates.
Most often, agricultural companies borrow to purchase and upgrade equipment, experts say. This, in turn, suggests that an increase in the number of issues on the bond market can be considered one of the important drivers of the industry’s development.
One of the latest trends is the widespread use of artificial intelligence-based technologies.
It is planned that the introduction of AI will increase the profitability of production and increase its volumes, while reducing the sector’s dependence on the availability of personnel and thus solving one of the main problems it faces today.
