Kernel, one of the nation’s largest farm groups, saw its net profit jump 83% to $164 million in the last half of 2018

Kernel, one of the nation’s largest farm groups, saw its net profit jump 83% to $164 million in the last half of 2018, compared to the same period in 2017. In Kernel’s fiscal year, ending next June, the company plans to process 3.1 million tons of sunflower seeds and export 6 million tons of grain. Concorde Capital’s Andriy Perederey writes that the results “were higher than our estimates due to due to stronger sunflower oil segment EBITDA and better results in silo storage and farming.”