Agrifirm is going to cut costs

Agrifirm is going to implement a reorganization to cut costs. As a result, 1 jobs will disappear from 25 October.

The reorganization at the cooperative is taking place within the general cargo and fertilizer locations and is probably related to declining sales figures during the past years. Sales of compound feed, fertilizer and crop protection products have been declining for several years in a row. An Agrifirm spokesperson indicates that the reorganization is intended to reduce the costs per flow of goods.

With the reorganization, 4 locations will be closed. These concern: Langeweg and Zeewolde (with the exception of the grain activities), Hoogezand and Nieuw-Amsterdam.

Three central locations
From October there will be 3 central distribution centers spread across the country. Emmeloord will be the central location for bagged and general cargo, with satellite locations on Texel and Margraten. Utrecht will be the operating base for the fertilizers, with satellite fortresses in Oss and Drachten.

For the distribution of crop protection products, there will be 2 central locations, in Meppel and Son. Agrifirm's customers will not notice anything of the reorganization, the spokesperson promises.

Wouter Job

Wouter Baan is editor-in-chief of Boerenbusiness. He also focuses on dairy, pig and meat markets. He also follows (business) developments within agribusiness and interviews CEOs and policymakers.

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