What Avgust Crop Protection does

Avgust Crop Protection (АО Фирма «Август») is a privately held Russian joint-stock company founded in 1990 and headquartered in Moscow, recognized as Russia's largest developer, manufacturer, and supplier of chemical plant protection products (pesticides). The company operates an integrated value chain spanning proprietary R&D, active-ingredient synthesis in China (Avgust-Hubei), formulation manufacturing at three plants in Russia and Belarus (Avgust-Alabuga, Vurnarsky Zavod SMPr, Avgust-Bel), and direct distribution to agricultural producers through its own regional offices, authorized distributors, and the new Lipetsk logistics complex. Its portfolio spans herbicides (over 71% of formulation output by volume), fungicides, insecticides, seed treatments, growth regulators, desiccants, and an expanding biological-product line (Tiatsin Bio, Zhukoed Bio, Muravied Bio) sold under the Expectrum innovation brand.

The company serves three primary customer segments: large agricultural enterprises and holdings requiring comprehensive crop-protection programs (the primary segment), individual owners of personal subsidiary farms (LPH) buying small-pack products through retail (56 million units sold in 2025), and industrial customers requiring non-agricultural vegetation control. Beyond crop protection, Avgust runs a vertically integrated agribusiness through Avgust-Agro - the 18th-largest agricultural landowner in Russia per the BEFL ranking, managing approximately 280,000 hectares of farmland and 13,000 head of cattle - which functions as both a showcase for its products and a separate revenue stream from grains, oilseeds, and dairy. Distribution extends to approximately 30 export countries, including Belarus, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Azerbaijan, and Turkmenistan.

Revenue is generated primarily through one-time product sales of crop-protection chemicals to enterprise and SMB agricultural customers, supplemented by retail-channel small-pack sales to households and by transactional revenue from agricultural commodity sales through Avgust-Agro. Pricing is quote-based for enterprise accounts and retail-priced for LPH products; no subscription, SaaS, or licensing model is in use. The 2024/2025 season saw a 27% increase in formulation-plant production to 58.8 million liters/kg, 12% growth in domestic sales in monetary terms, and 8.5 billion rubles of investment into the newly opened Chernogolovka R&D center - signaling an offensive expansion into proprietary discovery, biologicals, and state-aligned food-security partnerships.

Name

Avgust Crop Protection

Legal name

AO Firma "Avgust" (АО Фирма «Август»)

Website

https://avgust.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1990

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

Avgust Crop Protection is Russia's largest developer, manufacturer, and supplier of chemical plant protection products, serving large agricultural enterprises, household farms, and 30 export markets through in-house R&D, four manufacturing plants, and a vertically integrated farm operator.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Crop Protection Chemicals (Agrochemicals / Pesticides)

NAICS

Pesticide, Fertilizer, and Other Agricultural Chemical Manufacturing (3253)

SIC

Agricultural Chemicals (2870)

akta.pro primary industry

Crop Protection Chemicals (Herbicides/Insecticides/Fungicides) (IMAEAEAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Biological Formulation, Fermentation & Scale-Up Manufacturing (AFABAEAM), Biological Pest Control (Beneficial Insects, Nematodes, Microbials) (AFABAKAB)

Keywords

• Crop protection chemicals
• Agricultural pesticides
• Herbicides fungicides
• Seed treatment products
• Plant growth regulators

Headquarters

HQ city

Russia

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices12 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Crop Protection Products Sales: Sale of chemical plant protection products (pesticides) including herbicides, fungicides, insecticides, seed treatments to agricultural enterprises and private farms. Products sold through own distribution network and dealers.
2. Agricultural Production: Revenue from sale of own agricultural products grown in Avgust-Agro farming operations including grains, oilseeds, dairy products from 13,000 head of cattle
3. Retail Products for Households: Sale of small-packaged crop protection products for personal subsidiary farms. In 2025 season, over 56 million units sold in small packaging

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels11 records

Core offering

Avgust Crop Protection develops, manufactures, and supplies chemical and biological plant protection products (pesticides) — including herbicides, fungicides, insecticides, seed treatments, desiccants, growth regulators, and biofungicides/bioinsecticides — for large-scale agricultural enterprises across Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan and approximately 29 export countries, as well as small-packaged retail products for personal subsidiary farms (LPH). The company operates its own R&D center, formulation plants in Russia and Belarus, and an active ingredient manufacturing facility in China.

Product overview

Avgust Crop Protection (АО Фирма «Август») is Russia's largest developer, manufacturer, and supplier of chemical plant protection products (pesticides). The portfolio is organized into five product categories: herbicides (dominating at over 71% of output by volume, e.g., Kanta, Embodi Sens, Forkast, Sebring, Stingrey, Klinch, Kentaur, Odissey, Piton, Hacker 300), fungicides (e.g., Gellert, Ralli, Evklid, Lancea, Shrilank, Plantenol Neo, Sterling, Baysayd, Rondash, Super Maks), insecticides (e.g., Kollayder, Skutum, Zhukoed Bio, Dyussak, Muravied Bio), growth regulators (Stanley), desiccants (Sahara), and biofungicides/biobactericides (Tiatsin Bio, Tiatsin Bio BAU). Products serve both large-scale agricultural enterprises and private garden/ allotment users (LPH segment, sold in small packaging; 56+ million units sold in 2025 season). Formulation is produced at three plants in Russia and Belarus (Avgust-Alabuga in Tatarstan, Vurnarsky Zavod SMPr in Chuvashia, Avgust-Bel in Belarus) and a plant for active ingredient synthesis in China (Avgust-Hubei).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• «Август» Expectrum: Innovative group of crop protection preparations developed by the company's research center.
• «Август» Дача (Dacha)
• Bio земледелие (Bio Farming)
• БАУ (BAU)
• Серия «Профи» (Pro Series)
• «Мир без вредителей»

Products and services

• Kanta (Кантата) Systemic herbicide in oil dispersion form for controlling annual grass and dicotyledonous weeds (including 2,4-D and MCPA resistant species) in grain crop sowings.
• Embodi Sens (Эмбоди Сенс) Herbicide in water-dispersible granules containing nikosulfuron, tribenuron-methyl, rimsulfuron and florasulam for controlling dicotyledonous and grass weeds on fallow lands.
• Gellert (Геллерт) Systemic fungicide based on prothioconazole 250 g/L in emulsion concentrate form, providing preventive and curative protection of various crops against a complex of diseases.
• Kollayder (Коллайдер) Insecticide based on chlorantraniliprole 200 g/L in suspension concentrate form, highly effective against lepidopteran and other pests on many crops.
• Stanley (Стэнли) Plant growth regulator based on trinexapac-ethyl 250 g/L in emulsion concentrate form, preventing lodging and improving yield parameters of grain crops.
• Zhukoed Bio (Жукоед Био) Bioinsecticide of biological origin for controlling major pests of potato, vegetable and leafy crops.
• Tiatsin Bio (Тиацин Био) Contact biofungicide and biobactericide based on tea tree oil 2.4 g/L for inclusion in integrated disease protection systems for vegetable crops, grapes and potatoes.
• Tiatsin Bio BAU (Тиацин Био БАУ) Ready-to-use biofungicide and biobactericide based on tea tree oil in microemulsion form, with a built-in sprayer cap for home garden use.
• Muravied Bio (Муравьед Био) Bioinsecticide of biological origin in suspension concentrate form for controlling ants.
• Matrin Bio BAU (МатринБио БАУ) Ready-to-use bioinsecticide based on matrine 0.025 g/L in water solution form, for use on indoor and garden flowers, vegetable crops, currant and strawberry.
• Super Maks (Супер Макс) Insectofungicide seed treatment for protecting seeds and seedlings of grain crops from major diseases and pests.
• Stilus (Стилус) Contact fungicide for protecting fruit crops from scab.
• Reunion (Реюнион)
• Rondash (Рондаш) Three-component fungicide seed treatment providing comprehensive protection of seed material and seedlings of legume crops, sunflower, corn and potato from major diseases.
• Spike (Спайк)
• Ralli (Ралли)
• Forkast (Форкаст)
• Sebring (Себринг)
• Evklid (Эвклид)
• Lancea (Ланцея)
• Stingrey (Стингрей)
• Dyussak (Дюссак)
• Plantenol Neo (Плантенол Нео)
• Sterling (Стерлинг) Two-component fungicide seed treatment of mild action for protecting seeds and seedlings of grain crops from major diseases.
• Baysayd (Байсайд)

Quantifiable outcome

• Covers 74+ million hectares of agricultural land in Russia
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Ministry of Agriculture of RussiacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Cooperation in implementation of national projects in agriculture. Deputy Minister Maxim Borovoy visited the new R&D center and discussed collaboration on technological sovereignty and food security goals.
• State Sort Commission (Gossortkomissiya)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Discussion of cooperation in variety testing, disease resistance evaluation, and national breeding programs. Potential pilot project for joint testing at state variety trial sites combined with R&D center facilities.
• Agricultural universities and research institutionsminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Collaboration with universities including Timiryazev Academy, Chuvash State Agrarian University and others for student internships, joint research and development projects.

Scale indicators15 records

Recent moves11 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Syngenta Group: One of the world's largest agrochemical and seed companies offering herbicides, fungicides, insecticides and seed treatments globally. Closest large-cap analog to Avgust's broad-spectrum crop protection portfolio.
• Bayer Crop Science: Global #1 crop protection and seed company with deep herbicide, fungicide and insecticide portfolios. Directly comparable as a multinational pesticide peer to Avgust, but at vastly larger scale and broader geographic reach.
• BASF Agricultural Solutions: Major diversified crop protection producer with strong fungicide and herbicide franchises. Competes with Avgust in core chemistries, particularly in CIS and European export corridors.
• Corteva Agriscience: US-listed agrochemical and seed company with leading herbicide (including 2,4-D heritage) and insecticide portfolios. Overlaps directly with Avgust's core chemistries and seed-treatment positioning.
• UPL Limited: Indian multinational with one of the broadest generic crop protection portfolios globally, including strong bio-solutions exposure. Comparable on geographic reach into emerging markets and on portfolio breadth versus Avgust.
• FMC Corporation: Global crop protection specialist with strong insecticide and selective herbicide portfolios. Comparable as a focused, R&D-driven pesticide peer to Avgust's formulation-heavy model.

Direct peers

• ADAMA: Israel-headquartered global off-patent crop protection company with deep presence in Russia, CIS, Latin America and Asia. The closest global peer to Avgust's generics-and-formulations model and its CIS-centric go-to-market.
• Nufarm: Australian crop protection manufacturer with global footprint in herbicides, fungicides and seed treatments. Similar mid-cap, formulation-led profile and similar export dependence on regional distributors.
• August (Avgust) Agro-Input Peer — Shchelkovo Agrokhim: Russian crop protection and seed producer operating the Betaren brand; one of the few domestic Russian formulators competing with Avgust in the same herbicide/fungicide/insecticide categories inside Russia and CIS.

Regional players

• PhosAgro: Russian-listed vertically integrated phosphate-based fertilizer and crop input producer. Comparable as a Russian-headquartered agro-input peer with overlapping farm customer base, though in fertilizers rather than crop protection.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Subsidiaries14 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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