Agroholding Steppe bought about 26,000 hectares of land in Stavropol region for ₽2.9 billion. Deal will allow the company to increase its own grain exports amid a decline in the work of global traders in Russia. According to the results of 8 months of 2022/23 season Steppe ranks 7th among the largest exporters of grain with more than 1 million tons shipped, and also leads in pea exports, controlling about 20% of the country's exports of this crop.