De Heus has successfully completed the acquisition of CJ Feed & Care. This strategic step marks a significant milestone in De Heus’ long-term growth strategy and underscores the company’s ongoing commitment to supporting farmers across Asia.
The acquisition strengthens De Heus’ presence in Vietnam, Indonesia, and Cambodia, key markets within its existing portfolio, while also providing entry into two new strategically important markets: Korea and the Philippines.
In total, the transaction comprises 17 feed mills and numerous livestock operations across the region.
Stronger together
Real progress starts where it matters most: on the farm. By combining De Heus and CJ Feed & Care’s deep local expertise, their teams are better equipped than ever to help local farmers professionalize their operations, improve performance, and increase profitability.
De Heus strongly value its longstanding relationships with every farmer, distributor, and investment partner, and are fully committed to share its best products, services, knowledge, and practices with them.
Moreover, the company is particularly grateful for the ongoing support of the national governments of its host countries in its efforts to grow and develop the animal husbandry sector in these markets.
Connecting the value chain to achieve sustainable, collaborative growth
To further empower farmers, De Heus plays an active role in connecting partners across the animal protein value chain.
In close collaboration with its strategic partners, the company will continue to help its customers obtain access to the best quality genetics inputs by increasing investments in swine and poultry great-grandparent, grandparent, and parent stock farms across Asia.
By doing so, De Heus aims to improve productivity and efficiency levels for its customers while also increasing the overall competitiveness of the livestock industries in the markets where it is active.
World-class genetics quality, combined with the company’s high-quality feed products and nutritional, husbandry, and veterinary support services, will help farmers, its customers, achieve sustainable and economic success.
Helping its customers sell their animals, eggs, fish, and milk to reliable slaughterhouses, processing companies, and traders will remain a priority as well. Together with the new financial products that it has been able to develop in collaboration with its strategic partner banks, De Heus will continue supporting its customers where needed.
The company will continue to put its customers’ needs first to develop ecosystems that facilitate their sustainable growth.
“This acquisition marks an important milestone in our long-term strategy to strengthen our footprint in Asia,” said Gabor Fluit, CEO of De Heus Animal Nutrition.
“By combining CJ Feed & Care’s strong technical expertise and customer relationships with our century-long experience in animal nutrition and farm management, we can accelerate growth and deliver even more value to farmers across the region. Together, we are building a future in which farmers and their communities can thrive and contribute to a sustainable, resilient animal protein sector.”