German feed companies merge

Two German co operatives Raiffeisen Emsland-Mitte in Klein-Berssen and Raiffeisen Grenzland in Laar (both in West Germany close to the Dutch border) have decided to merge their activities. The new name of the merged company will be “Raiffeisen Ems-Vechte”. The main reason for the merger is make better use of production capabilities of the two coops. Read more ...

Miratorg plans to open a new feed plant in the spring of 2012

Miratorg Moscow headquartered holdings is to open a new animal feed plant in the spring of 2012, Miratorg one of Russia's largest pork producers are intending to substantially increase the production of animal feed, rising the figure up to one million tons per year. Viktor Linnik co-owner of Miratorg said in an interview “This step will also ensure that all new projects of the company will have the necessary feed resources.” Read more ...