Sojaprotein, a Victoria Group member company, hereby informs its partners, shareholders and competent authorities of a change in senior management.

Starting from April 2018, the new General Manager of Sojaprotein is Mr. Marko Abramović. Mr. Abramović is experienced in the oilseed business having worked at Vital, where he was General Manager. In addition, he also has a lot of experience in the banking sector, having worked at Banca Intesa.

The snow and other heavy precipitation during March resulted in postponing the sowing of spring crops, but on the other hand this has compensated for the lack of soil moisture.

Depending on the region, the type of soil and how it had been prepared, the sowing of spring crops began in early April.

The 22nd International Fair in Mostar was held between April 10 and 14, with Veterinary Institute Subotica, a Victoria Group member company, as one of the exhibitors.

Its exhibit stand was a part of the Serbian national exhibit stand, with an exhibition space of over 800m2 and more than 50 Serbian companies from different sectors such as agriculture and the food industry, tourism, construction, furniture, textile, metal and electric power industries presenting their offers.

The Management Center Belgrade (MCB) organized the HRM Congress on human resources management on February 23 in Belgrade.

The Victoriaoil union organized the fourth consecutive blood donation campaign with the support of its employer. The employees from other Victoria Group member companies also joined the cause. The blood donation campaign was organized with the help of the Blood Transfusion Institute and Šid Red Cross.

The 39th Veterinary Knowledge Innovation Seminar organized by the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of the University of Belgrade was held on February 23. As one of the leading veterinary institutions in Serbia and in the region, Veterinary Institute Subotica took part in this Seminar which was attended by more than 300 veterinarians working at veterinary institutes, stations, clinics, in wholesale or on farms. In the name of the Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection, the audience was addressed by the director of the Veterinary Directorate, Emina Milakara.

As one of its regular activities, Veterinary Institute Subotica, a Victoria Group member company, educates farmers in the animal production sector. In February, the company organized and took part in several expert lectures in Valjevo, Niš and Subotica, aimed at farmers in the dairy farming sector.

Experts from Veterinary Institute Subotica presented all the important aspects to be considered when taking care of a farm which affect the productivity and enable successful and profitable production, with the veterinarian playing a crucial role.

The 14th Farmers’ Winter Seminar organized by the farmers’ association “Klub 100 P plus” from Novi Sad was held on Tara Mountain from January 28 to February 3. Around 300 participants attended the opening ceremony, and the seminar was opened by the Provincial Secretary of Agriculture, Water Management and Forestry, Vuk Radojević.

The 52nd Conference of Agronomists and Farmers of Serbia was organized by the Institute of Field and Vegetable Crops from Novi Sad, which celebrates its 80th anniversary this year, and it took place on Zlatibor Mountain from January 21 to 27. The conference gathered all relevant participants from the agriculture sector and demonstrated once again that the close collaboration of science, business and practice brings solutions for challenges expected in domestic agriculture in the upcoming period.

On January 24, the Veterinary Institute Subotica, a Victoria Group member company, organized an expert lecture for dairy farmers on Zlatibor Mountain. The subject – “Sustainable Animal Production Today” – attracted more than 80 farmers from the Zlatibor District.