ForFarmers wants to continue to grow in the next 5 years, the animal feed group recently announced in a new strategy† Wouter Baan talks with COO Pieter Wolleswinkel about the growth opportunities in relation to the decline in livestock, digitization on the farmer and the emergence of concepts.
This is in response to it Boerenbusiness article:
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Dutch feed factories have been investing abroad for decades. And that earns money from the Dutch farmer. As a result, we have lost our competitive position. The Dutch periphery boosts production at our competitors, where they do not have strict regulations. As a result, our chain partners ensure that the farmer's candle burns on both sides, and that their own candle does not have to burn. This has ensured that the sector needs a warm remediation. And investing abroad because the 'critical' volume is endangered in the Netherlands is nonsense. The critical part of the volume has long been abroad.This is in response to it Boerenbusiness article:
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Growing by investing abroad is no guarantee of success. More and more farmers are questioning this and prefer to feed from a feed supplier that focuses on the Dutch market. It could still cost volume for ff. They are lucky if they can keep the volume even.
FF has cut costs by divesting factories abroad. You don't hear from FF what the total costs have been of investments abroad that were not successful, just a post of only 10 million in savings.
The costs are paid by the buyer of the feed, and they are tired of that.
