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NewsCoppens acquisition enables De Heus to meet growing customer demand
Royal De Heus has reached agreement with the Coppens family about the acquisition of Coppens Diervoeding. Strategically located in Helmond, the Netherlands, Coppens has a modern animal feed plant with a 400,000-tonne capacity. The company has achieved a strong regional position within the pig and broiler sector. The acquisition perfectly alignes with De Heus’s goal of making its production more flexible and expanding its capacity in the Netherlands, as a means of facilitating further growth. The intended transaction still requires approval from the Netherlands Authority for Consumers & Markets (ACM).
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VacanciesDe Heus Animal Nutrition I Marketing Manager
Marketing Manager at De Heus: contributing towards the sustainable availability and accessibility of safe and healthy food worldwide. You can make a difference in translating customer insights into powerful market propositions.
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SustainabilityAssuring the existence of pig farmers in South-East Asia
In the pig farming business, healthy and strong piglets form the basis of healthy porkers. This is not just about giving the right, high-quality feeds, but also about carefully planned feed management. Another essential aspect is to inseminate sows with high-quality sperm. That is why we have opened our own sperm station in 2016. This way, we are able to guarantee independence and a bright future for sow farms in South-East Asia.
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SustainabilityActive participation within Nevedi
For many years, De Heus has been an active member of the Dutch sector organisation for the animal feed industry, Nevedi. Within this association, clear principles have been formulated regarding a range of social topics that concern the feed industry. Take, for example, sustainability. We endorse these viewpoints and interpret these into concrete measures for us to take:
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SowsWhat can we learn from the Danish sow farming?
The motto of the De Heus' sows and piglet experts is 'those who cannot share cannot multiply'. This is why we included this article about our experience during the study trip to Denmark.
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NewsDe Heus Animal Nutrition explicitly distances itself from the donations made by its joint venture in Russia.
De Heus Animal Nutrition has held a 51% stake in a joint venture in Russia since 2009. Our activities are limited to the production of animal feed and guided by two core principles: the safety of our local employees and the ongoing functioning of essential food supply chains.
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NewsMasan and De Heus Enter into Strategic MOU Aim to Raise the Productivity of the Animal Protein Value Chain
We are very pleased to announce that on 14th of September Masan MEATLife Corporation and De Heus Vietnam signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for a strategic partnership.
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DairyImmediate insight into dairy herd ration efficiency
Because rations must produce returns, the ration efficiency on a dairy farm is of key importance. Ration efficiency is expressed in kilograms of fat and protein-corrected milk (FPCM) produced by a dairy herd on the basis of the kilograms of dry matter consumed. From an economic perspective, for a dairy farm it is essential that the production per kilogram of dry matter is as high as possible. Assuming equal costs, this increases the farm's cash flow. Economic calculations involving the assessment of a new farming strategy clearly demonstrate that it is easier for a farm to meet its obligations when, in addition to any growth in the number of cows, it also realises higher production levels.
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SowsHow sharing knowledge improved the health status of pigs in Brazil
By sharing knowledge with all our business units, we help farmers worldwide to power progress on their farm. In 2019, Marcino & Daniel from Brazil took part in the Natural Power training in the Netherlands. Marcino is originally a vet and has worked for De Heus Brazil since 2014. During his training, he visited eight farms with more than 8,000 sows and learned all about the Dutch pig sector. His main goal was to learn how to support farmers in Brazil improve the health status on their farms.
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GeneralRoyal De Heus strengthens position in Poland with acquisition of Golpasz S.A.
On 1st of March 2021, Royal De Heus completed the acquisition of the Polish compound feed company Golpasz. The transaction has been finalized after approval by the Polish antitrust agency. With annual sales of almost 500,000 tonnes of compound feed, Golpasz is a market leader in turkey feed on the Polish market and has secured a leading position in broiler feed. This acquisition is consistent with De Heus’ ambition of further strengthening its leading position in Poland.
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