October 17, 2014
BOCM Pauls'' operations fall under ForFarmers brand
The operations of the UK''s largest animal feed producer, BOCM Pauls, will be rebranded under ForFarmers Group, a major animal feed company from the Netherlands.
The decision came following the 2012 acquisition of BOCMby the ForFarmersGroup for US$114.2 million.
At a press conference, the company''s corporate affairs director, Nick Major, the rebranding would have "very minimal change" for UK farmers.
"Farmers will order
from the same people, get the same products and see the same lorry driver," Major said, noting that a new development would be BOCM''s access to shared research and development with the bigger ForFarmers Group.
With seven compound feed mills and six blend plants across the UK, including operations at Turriff, Motherwell and near Annan, BOCM sells and manufactures more than two million tonnes of compounds, blends and co-products for livestock.
Upon joining ForFarmers, the company has acquired three UK feed companies including Suffolk minerals company, Dairy Direct, Crewe ruminant and poultry compound feed firm, HST Feeds Ltd, and Nottingham liquid
co-products firm, Wheyfeed Ltd.
More consolidation in the European animal feed sector is expected as ForFarmers may likely buy more businesses in the UK, said Major.