History. Mission, vision
Our story
Volodymyr-Volynskyi poultry farm is a successful and modern production facility with over 75 years of history. During this time, the poultry farm underwent a series of transformations from a Soviet farm to a leading producer of chicken meat in the country.
1945
After transferring the subsidiary farm from Saratov Oblast, Volodymyr-Volynsk State Farm was placed under submission of the Soviet People’s Defence committee. From that moment, the creation of the farm team began.
1949
Volodymyr-Volynsk state farm was renamed as “Tryohrichka” and was located on the central estate.
1955
A poultry farm was established by the decision of the regional party leaders.
1956
The chronicle of the poultry farm as an enterprise engaged in the breeding laying hens and egg production started.
1957
The construction of separate industrial and social facilities, the establishment of production and infrastructure began.
1958
The company received the official name “Poultry Farm”.
1964
The capacity of the poultry farm reached 30,000 laying hens per year.
70s
Specialization of production units has been completed. This made it possible to dramatically increase the production of basic products, increase productivity, mechanize most production processes. This is how poultry houses appeared in Novosilky and Sukhodol, in particular, meat ducklings were raised in the second one. The farm established an inter-collective farm in Pyatidny.
1975
For significant achievements, the poultry farm was awarded the then prestigious state award – the Order of the Red Banner of Labor of All-Union importance.
1985
The company was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Ukraine.
Mid-90s
An important stage in the company’s activities was privatization, as well as further renaming to OJSC “Vladimir-Volyn Poultry Farm”. The poultry farm entered the new millennium with key changes: it was decided to move to a new type of production – raising broiler chickens and chicken production. Such changes fully met the requirements of the time, because in conditions of economic hardship, the new activity allowed in a short time and at low cost to provide consumers with tasty, affordable and, most importantly, healthy meat.
2001-2004
The production facilities of Tsentralna, Pyatidni, Novosilky, poultry houses of the Sukhodoli brigade, slaughterhouse (processing) shop and finished goods warehouse have been completely reconstructed.
2005-06
The Selisky, Shistov and Verba sites with 280,000 seats for each brigade were built and put into operation.
2005-07
The construction of a feed mill has started, which was put into operation with a production capacity of 20 tons of feed per hour.
2008
The Kohilno site was built and put into operation.
2011
Change of the name of the enterprise to PJSC “Volodymyr-Volyn Poultry Farm”.
2013
In the second half of it, Volodymyr-Volyn Poultry Farm built new poultry farms and equipped them with modern equipment. They have installed an advanced WAIPER TACH microclimate control system, infrared heating for premises, an automated system for weighing feed and measuring water, and, importantly, a remote monitoring system for the poultry growing process called BIG FARNET. The company also updated its fleet of vehicles: it bought cars for transporting poultry, a feed truck and a telescopic loader. As a result, the company increased production by 40%.
2014
The enterprise has carried out modernization of the slaughterhouse and finished product. A rebranding of outlets selling the company’s products was rebranded and the Chebaturochka brand was presented at the end of the year.
2015
Volodymyr-Volyn Poultry Farm produces products under the trademark “Kurka Cheboturka”. The infrastructure of the factory includes a feed mill, 9 poultry farms, 3 branches in Lviv, Kyiv and Vinnytsia.
2016
Volodymyr-Volynska Poultry Farm occupies about 5% of the Ukrainian chicken market. The company has 5 branches: in Lviv, Kyiv, Vinnytsia, Zhytomyr and Volodymyr-Volynskyi. The infrastructure of the factory consists of 100 poultry houses, a slaughterhouse and a feed mill.
August 2017
The shareholders of Volodymyr-Volyn Poultry Factory include the Dutch fund Safedam, which bought 23.76% of the company’s shares. This is the first experience of investing the fund in Ukrainian business.
2018
Introduces the first in the country production of chicken meat without the use of antibiotics and growth stimulants at all stages under the brand name “Epicurus”. Becomes a leader in the production of antibiotic-free food products.
2019
The construction of a new Processing Complex is underway, which will be able to meet the needs of Ukrainian society in quality chicken. The cost of works on the site of 12.96 hectares is over 1.5 billion hryvnias.
2020
Completes the first phase of construction of a new processing complex and puts it into operation. Introduces into production a new trademark “Chebaturochka – peasant chicken”.
2021
Volodymyr-Volynskyi poultry farm opens a Meat and Bone Meal Production Plant worth over 130 million UAH and embarks on the path of environmentally friendly production.
This year, we occupy the fourth position in the TOP-5 Ukrainian companies in terms of chicken production volumes.