Germany based FarmInsect and AGRAVIS have unveiled their strategic partnership to offer complete modular solution for decentralized insect fattening systems.
FarmInsect and AGRAVIS Raiffeisen AG will be working together in the field of insect farming in the future. The agricultural and service company AGRAVIS is already active in this market with its start-up Flyvis Farming. Thanks to the cooperation with FarmInsect, interested farmers can now also enter the insect fattening sector in smaller fattening systems with a lower investment volume, the companies stated.
FarmInsect offers a complete modular solution for the regional on-site production of black soldier fly larvae. The systems can be integrated into existing buildings and can be scaled to any size. Farmers fatten the insects for seven days using approved feed from residual streams. They then feed the insects to their own animals or sell them to FarmInsect, which processes them into protein meal.
AGRAVIS Raiffeisen AG is a modern agricultural trading company in the agricultural products, animal nutrition, crop production and agricultural technology segments. Since 2021, the company has been active in the insect industry through a strategic partnership with Illucens GmbH. While the latter manages larger fattening systems, AGRAVIS explained that it would like to offer interested farmers more options in terms of system size through its cooperation with FarmInsect.
According to the companies, the collaboration between FarmInsect and AGRAVIS provides farms with an optimized production and support concept. They also benefit from the feeding expertise of the partners, for example in the selection of feed supplements that meet their needs. Thanks to the close cooperation between research and industry, the first feed supplements for fattening black soldier flies have already been developed.
