NEWS 22 FEED & ADDITIVE MAGAZINE October 2024 A European company that offers feed solutions to the livestock farming industry, ForFarmers and team agrar, a compound feed producer and agricultural products supplier and a part of the DLG Group, announced their agreement to combine their feed operations in Germany. The joint venture, which will continue under the name ForFarmers team agrar, has a comprehensive feed portfolio across various species. This agreement is subject to applicable regulatory approvals from the relevant authorities, according to the statement from the companies. ForFarmers and team agrar have been working together for a long time in Germany via their joint venture HaBeMa, a company active in trading, storage and transshipment of raw materials and compound feed production in Hamburg, Germany. The agreement to expand this joint venture is therefore a logical next step, according to the companies. The 50/50 joint venture entails ForFarmers' and team agrar’s feed activities and employees in the relevant legal entities in Germany: the joint venture concerns ForFarmers’ feed activities in Germany with approximately 250 employees and team agrar’s feed activities in Germany that has approximately 130 employees. It involves eight feed production sites, three terminals and the vehicle fleet. The current HaBeMa joint venture, that has 130 employees, is also part of the joint venture. Out of scope of the joint venture agreement are the activities in Germany of the ForFarmers’ brands ForFarmers Thesing, Pavo, Reudink, CirQlar and Vleuten as well as DLG Group’s non-feed activities, organic feed, Vilofoss activities, construction and energy activities in Germany. Read more>> The European Compound Feed Manufacturers’ Federation - FEFAC published its 4th Feed Sustainability Progress Report, providing an overview of its 2023 activities and deliverables in relation to the five ambitions that were included in the FEFAC Feed Sustainability Charter 2030, released in September 2020. These five ambitions jointly provide a comprehensive approach on how the European Feed Industry can contribute to the development of more sustainable livestock and aquaculture value chains. The past year was marked by discussions on the implementation of the EU Deforestation Regulation and the views on Open Strategic Autonomy for feed ingredients, while the FEFAC Annual Event in June 2024 was largely dedicated to market & regulatory drivers to increase the circularity and reduce carbon emissions of EU livestock production. In the 4th Progress Report, FEFAC also looks forward and included new commitments pertaining to each of the five ambitions for the years towards 2030. FEFAC explained it considers that the initial commitments it included in the original Feed Sustainability Charter 2030 publication have been successfully delivered on and were subject to an update. “Our updated commitments are well-timed with the start of the new, 2024–2029 legislative mandate of the European Commission. We demonstrate that that the European feed industry is setting its own objectives to boost sustainable feed production and look forward to engage with policy makers on these topics,” says FEFAC President Pedro Cordero. Read more>> ForFarmers and team agrar merge feed operations FEFAC updates sustainability commitments
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