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Farming businesses in Europe are growing and have to deal with increasing attention for sustainable production, food safety, and animal welfare. As a consequence, needs for feed solutions and support on the farm are ever-changing. 

Feed, advice and tools

ForFarmers has traditionally been successful in the development and production of compound feed and complementary feed for livestock farmers. The Company’s core business is to deliver innovative Total Feed solutions, comprising (feed) products, specialist advice and tools. The principle behind this is that the Total Feed approach delivers the best possible results on farm.

ForFarmers’ product portfolio ranges from compound feed, young animal feed, and specialist feed, to moist co-products, individual raw materials, seeds and fertilisers. Advisory services encompass all aspects relevant to customers, ranging from feed to livestock farming to business development. Tools include programmes, products and services that farmers can use to set business objectives, and monitor and benchmark results.

With this Total Feed approach, ForFarmers can align its products and advice throughout the entire production cycle on farm. In this way, customers are offered a total solution, in line with their business objectives, feeding system and business circumstances. This in turn provides for a better return on farm, healthier animals, greater efficiency and a reduced workload for customers.

For some specific products - such as premixes, specialties, additives and seeds - ForFarmers has opted for strategic partnerships with companies that specialise in these products. For instance, ForFarmers has a strategic partnership with Nutreco for, amongst other things, specialties such as young animal feed, with Denkavit for calf milk replacer formulas, and with Agrifirm for the purchase of artificial fertilisers, pesticides and seeds in the Netherlands. As a result of its role as advisor on farm, ForFarmers has good, often also long-standing relationships with farmers, which is an advantage for strategic partners.

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