What Agrarius does

Agrarius AG is a German-domiciled, publicly traded agricultural company (Freiverkehr; ticker etr:AU2) headquartered in Neu-Anspach, Germany, with all of its operating activity concentrated in Romania's Banat region. The company farms more than 6,700 hectares of arable land, producing a commodity crop mix of corn, wheat, rapeseed, and sunflowers, and supplements production with trading of agricultural raw materials that are sold both locally in Romania and via the German parent entity. Its stated customer base is the European food industry, which purchases its outputs as raw material inputs.

The company's production model is built around professional land management for landowners who lease acreage to Agrarius, combined with direct cultivation using modern machinery equipped with GPS/RFID precision-farming technology implemented since 2012. This system is positioned as enabling controlled area management, reduced input overlap, and optimized soil cultivation. Agrarius markets its Romanian footprint — EU legal framework, favorable land costs, and soil quality — as a structural advantage versus higher-cost Western European peers.

Agrarius generates revenue from the one-time sale of agricultural commodities at prevailing market prices plus trading margins on raw material transactions; the company has explicitly communicated that no dividend is planned at present. Its customer-facing distribution is direct (field/enterprise sales in Romania and through the German parent), while investor-related engagement runs through a shareholder email newsletter, a registration system, and trading access via Valora Effekten Handel AG. The company employs approximately 30 people, predominantly in Romania, and is led by Board Member (Vorstand) Ottmar Lotz, Supervisory Board Chairman Bruno Kling, and Country Manager Romania Thomas Blanke.

Name

Agrarius

Legal name

AGRARIUS AG

Website

https://www.agrarius.de/

Company type

Public

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Agrarius AG is a German-listed agricultural company that professionally farms over 6,700 hectares of arable land in Romania's Banat region, producing and trading corn, wheat, rapeseed, and sunflowers for the European food industry using GPS/RFID-enabled precision farming.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Agricultural Commodity Production

NAICS

Oilseed and Grain Farming (1111), Crop Production (111), Corn Farming (11115)

SIC

Agricultural Production-Crops (100), Wholesale-Farm Product Raw Materials (5150)

akta.pro primary industry

Other Specialty & Industrial Crop Farming (Emerging/Regional Specialty Crops) (AFAGAGAO)

Keywords

• Arable land management
• Agricultural commodity trading
• Crop production
• Precision farming
• Farmland leasing

Headquarters

HQ city

Neu-anspach

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Agricultural Commodity Production: Production and sale of agricultural commodities including corn, wheat, rapeseed, and sunflowers cultivated on over 6,700 hectares of arable land in Romania's Banat region
2. Agricultural Commodity Trading: Trading of agricultural raw materials, conducted both directly in Romania and through the parent company in Germany

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

AGRARIUS AG professionally cultivates over 6,700 hectares of arable land in Romania's Banat region, producing agricultural commodities including corn, wheat, rapeseed, and sunflowers. The company also trades these agricultural raw materials, selling directly in Romania and through its German parent company to the food industry.

Product overview

Agrarius AG operates as a unified agricultural enterprise combining arable land management and commodity trading. The core offering consists of professional farming operations on over 6,700 hectares in Romania's Banat region, producing agricultural commodities (corn, wheat, rapeseed, sunflowers). The company also conducts commodity trading operations, selling products both locally in Romania and through its German parent company. Supporting services include shareholder registration for investor communications.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Agricultural Commodity Production Professional cultivation and production of agricultural commodities (corn, wheat, rapeseed, sunflowers) on over 6,700 hectares of arable land in Romania's Banat region, intended as raw material supply for the food industry.
• Agricultural Commodity Trading Trading of agricultural raw materials (corn, wheat, rapeseed, sunflowers), with sales executed both directly in Romania and through AGRARIUS AG in Germany to food industry customers.
• Shareholder Registration Services Registration service for AGRARIUS shareholders to enroll in the company newsletter and enable stock trading via Valora Effekten Handel AG, with verification through brokerage statements.

Named customers1 record

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• Deutsch-Rumänische Industrie & Handelskammer (AHK)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMembership in the German-Romanian Chamber of Industry and Commerce for business network expansion. Supports AGRARIUS in building business relationships and navigating the Romanian market.
• Deutsche Landwirtschafts Gesellschaft (DLG e.V.)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMembership in the German Agricultural Society for professional network expansion and knowledge sharing in agricultural best practices.
• Unirea TomnaticminorOthersAGRARIUS serves as main sponsor of the football team Unirea Tomnatic, demonstrating social commitment to the local Romanian community.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Direct peers

• AgroGeneration: French-listed farmland operator active in Ukraine producing grains and oilseeds on tens of thousands of hectares. Highly comparable to AGRARIUS in business model (own-and-operate farming) and product mix (cereals and oilseeds in CEE Black Sea region), though at larger scale.
• ASTARTA Holding N.V. Warsaw-listed agricultural holding farming cereals, oilseeds and sugar beets in Ukraine. Closely comparable to AGRARIUS as a publicly traded CEE farmland operator with a diversified crop mix and vertically integrated commodity production.
• Continental Farmers Group plc: UK-listed farmland operator with arable land in Poland and Ukraine producing grains and oilseeds. Direct comparable to AGRARIUS in small-cap, publicly traded CEE farmland operator profile with similar crop portfolio.
• KTG Agrar SE: Formerly Frankfurt-listed German farmland operator cultivating tens of thousands of hectares in CEE. Closely mirrors AGRARIUS's profile as a small publicly traded German AG focused on CEE arable farming, though now in restructuring after insolvency.

Broad incumbents

• Adecoagro S.A. NYSE-listed owner-operator of farmland and rice/grain/dairy operations across South America. Comparable as a large-scale, publicly traded farmland operator producing staple agricultural commodities, though at far greater scale and with a different geographic footprint.
• Kernel Holding S.A. Warsaw-listed Ukrainian agribusiness operating large-scale farming, grain origination, and oilseed processing. Comparable to AGRARIUS in its focus on grains and oilseeds, with broader downstream integration into crushing and logistics.
• BayWa AG: Munich-listed agricultural conglomerate active across agricultural trading, inputs and farming. Comparable to AGRARIUS as a German-headquartered agribusiness with CEE farming exposure, but operating at vastly larger scale and across a broader portfolio.
• MHP S.A. London-listed Ukrainian poultry and grain producer farming large tracts of arable land to supply its own feed needs. Relevant comparable for CEE grain farming operations and vertically integrated grain-to-protein value chain.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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