Contracted, not speculated
Around 70% of each harvest is sold forward on contract before the combines move. We would rather hold a known price than gamble a season on the spot market.
Twenty-seven harvests on the same river
We are an arable business, not a holding company. Vistula Fields farms 11,400 hectares between Płock and Toruń, stores the crop in its own silos, and delivers it with its own despatch team. Everything else we do exists to serve those three things.
- Founded
- 2004
- Cropped area
- 11,400 ha
- Permanent staff
- 48
- Operating sites
- 4
The land
Why the Vistula basin grows what it grows
The lower Vistula lays down two soils worth farming. Close to the river, alluvial mady soils are deep, easy to work and quick to warm in spring — that is where the sugar beet and potatoes go. Above them, the loess-influenced terraces hold moisture through a dry June, which is what makes consistent milling wheat protein possible this far north.
It is not an easy climate. Annual rainfall across our blocks averages 520 mm, and most of it arrives when we would rather it did not. Winters are cold enough to reward autumn-drilled crops and hard enough that establishment before the end of September matters more than any product we could buy. We plan around that rather than complaining about it.
Roughly 40% of the area is owned and 60% held on long leases, most of them running ten years or more with families who farmed the ground themselves. Several of those landowners still work with us seasonally.
Avg. rainfall
520 mm
Soil types
Mady & loess
Owned land
40%
Leased land
60%
Blocks
74
Largest block
312 ha
History
How the business was built
No single leap — five decisions, each taken after the previous one had paid for itself.
1998
First 640 hectares near Płock
Two families pooled land on the river terrace south of Płock and bought a single second-hand combine. The first crop was winter wheat on 640 hectares.
2006
Rapeseed enters the rotation
Winter oilseed rape was introduced as a break crop ahead of the EU biodiesel demand, and the first 6,000 tonne flat store went up at Płock.
2013
Toruń store and drying capacity
Acquisition of the Toruń site added silo capacity and the first continuous-flow drier, ending our dependence on third-party stores at harvest.
2019
Kuyavia blocks and root crops
Long-term leases in Kuyavia brought lighter alluvial ground into the business, which opened up sugar beet and ware potato production.
2024
Variable rate across the whole area
Soil scanning and yield mapping completed on every block. Lime, phosphate and nitrogen now go on by map rather than by field average.
How we operate
Four things we will not compromise on
Owned machinery, own workshop
Nine combines, twelve tractors, a self-propelled sprayer and two beet harvesters, maintained in our own workshop at Kuyavia. Contractors are the exception, not the plan.
Everything written down
Field records, application logs, intake samples and despatch tickets are kept for a minimum of five years and made available to buyers and auditors on request.
People who stay
Average tenure among permanent staff is nine years. Most of our machine operators started as seasonal crew and were trained up in the yard.
Where we are
Four sites, one operation
Płock
Head office & agronomy
Farm management, agronomy team, contract desk.
Toruń
Central grain store
38,000 t flat store and silo capacity, twin 80 t/h driers.
Kuyavia
Field operations base
Combine and cultivation fleet, workshop, seasonal crew depot.
Warsaw
Trade & logistics
Haulage planning, buyer contracts, export documentation.
Crops & production
Storage & logistics
Careers
Contact usContact
Tell us the tonnage and the spec. We’ll tell you what we can hold and when it moves.
- Trade & contracts
- info@vistulafields.euTonnage, specification and delivery windows
- Seasonal recruitment
- jobs@vistulafields.euHarvest and store crew lists open each May
- Head office
- ul. Zbożowa 14, 09-402 PłockIntake desk open 24/7 in harvest