More than a grower: our own driers, our own stores, our own despatch desk.
One team from drill to weighbridge, so the tonnes and the specification you were quoted are the ones that arrive.
Vistula Fields has grown combinable crops and roots between Płock and Toruń since 2004. Deep alluvial soils sit close to the river and heavier loess on the terraces above it — both reward a disciplined five-course rotation far more than they reward spending, and our agronomy team plans on a five-year horizon.
We dry, clean and store 62,000 tonnes on our own sites, and deliver by road across Poland and the DACH region and by rail to the Baltic terminals. Every load leaves with a weighbridge ticket, a sample retained for twelve months and a certificate written against the contract specification.
No side ventures and no diversification for its own sake. Each pillar has a named lead and a published set of quality targets.
Milling wheat, malting barley, hybrid rye
6,100 hectares of cereals on the heavier river-terrace soils. Milling wheat is grown to a 12.5% protein and 220s Hagberg target; malting barley to under 11.5% nitrogen with germination held above 96%.
Winter oilseed rape for crushing
2,300 hectares drilled from mid-August, established with a low-disturbance tine drill to hold moisture. Delivered to crushers at 9% moisture and 2% impurities, with oil content typically 43–45%.
Sugar beet and ware potatoes
3,000 hectares of roots on the lighter alluvial ground close to the river, lifted from late September. Beet goes to contract with the regional sugar plant; ware potatoes are graded and packed for retail packers.
Our own stores, our own despatch
62,000 tonnes of silo and flat store across two sites, with 160 t/h of drying capacity, cleaning, aeration and temperature monitoring. Road across Poland and the DACH region, rail to the Baltic terminals.
Figures are from the 2025 harvest year and our September 2025 store audit. We publish them because buyers plan against capacity, not adjectives.
| Figure | Measure | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| 11,400 hectares | Cropped area under management | Farm map, Jan 2026 |
| 62,000 tonnes | Own silo and flat store capacity | Store audit, Sept 2025 |
| 94,300 tonnes | Total crop harvested | 2025 harvest year |
| 160 t/h | Combined continuous drying capacity | Toruń and Płock driers |
| 22 years | Farming the lower Vistula | Founded 2004 |
| 48 staff | Permanent, plus 35 seasonal in harvest | Payroll, Jan 2026 |
| 9 combines | Class 7–8 machines across two bases | Fleet register |
| 4 sites | Płock, Toruń, Kuyavia and Warsaw | Operating bases |
Both our soil types reward a disciplined rotation more than they reward spending.
Our agronomy team plans on a five-year horizon and buys inputs against that plan, not against the season’s mood.
Winter wheat, winter rapeseed, winter wheat, sugar beet or potatoes, then spring barley. Roots break the cereal disease cycle, rapeseed pays for the break, and no cereal follows itself more than once.
Every block is sampled on a four-year rolling cycle for pH, P, K, Mg and organic matter. Lime and phosphate go on by variable rate map, which cut our P applications by 18% without moving yield.
Mustard and phacelia mixes go in behind early harvest to hold nitrogen over winter on the lighter alluvial ground. Machinery runs on fixed tramlines to keep compaction off the cropped area.
Every application, sample and load is logged against the block and the batch. Buyers get the field history behind a delivery on request, and our GLOBALG.A.P. and QMS certification depends on it.
Owning the store is what lets us hold a crop until the contract calls for it. Owning the despatch desk is what gets it there on the day.
Every load leaves with a weighbridge ticket, a sample retained for twelve months and a quality certificate written against the contract specification.
| From | To | Mode | Cadence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Toruń store | Baltic terminals, Gdynia & Gdańsk | Rail | 2 block trains per week in season |
| Toruń store | Mills across Wielkopolska & Mazovia | Road | 24–48 h from call-off |
| Płock store | Crushers, Poland & eastern Germany | Road | Bulk tipper, 25 t loads |
| Field / clamp | Sugar plant & retail packers | Road | Campaign slots, Sept–Jan |
Forty-eight permanent staff and around thirty-five seasonal crew run this operation. We train operators on our own machines, pay overtime properly through harvest, and promote from the yard and the field before we advertise outside.
Field Operations · Kuyavia, Poland · Seasonal
Season contract from early March to the end of May: cultivate and drill spring barley, sugar beet and ware potatoes across the Kuyavia blocks, working the weather window from first travel until the last field is in.
Agronomy · Płock, Poland · Fixed-term
April to late August contract walking the Płock blocks ahead of the agronomists — the eyes that decide whether a fungicide goes on this week or next.
Head office & agronomy
Farm management, agronomy team, contract desk.
Central grain store
38,000 t flat store and silo capacity, twin 80 t/h driers.
Field operations base
Combine and cultivation fleet, workshop, seasonal crew depot.
Trade & logistics
Haulage planning, buyer contracts, export documentation.
Seasonal combine and cart work opens each May for the July–September harvest. Returning crew are contacted first — tell us once and you stay on the list.
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