Take a look back at the merger and acquisition activity in 2017 in the poultry, animal feed and pig sectors.
Neovia acquires feed company Agranix
Smithfield finalizes purchase of Hormel pork facilities
Private equity firm acquires Bigsal Animal Nutrition
Pilgrim’s acquisition of GNP Company completed
IDT Biologika acquires Ridgeway Biologicals Ltd
BRF to acquire majority of Turkish poultry firm Banvit
Munters acquires MTech Systems
Hain Celestial plans to buy UK’s Yorkshire Provender
Restaurant Brands International acquiring Popeyes
Big Dutchman acquires ag building business from Betco
Marubeni to acquire majority of Orffa’s holding company
West Liberty Foods to acquire Crystal Lake Farms assets
JBT Corporation acquires Avure Technologies
Two Danish feed firms announce merger
Lallemand to acquire Nova Microbial Technologies
Cal-Maine closes Happy Hen Egg Co. acquisition
Agrifirm redefines its German feed strategy
De Heus acquires Acorex in Spain
JBS to buy Plumrose bacon, ham, deli meat business
Maple Leaf Foods completes Lightlife Foods acquisition
Neovia to acquire Mexican animal feed producer Apligén
OSI Europe Foodworks acquires Hynek Schlachthof
Cherkizovo Group to acquire Russian grain producer NAPKO
US Foods will acquire FirstClass Foods
Navis Capital acquires New Zealand’s Mainland Poultry
Church & Dwight acquires Agro BioSciences
Proterra invests $100M in Indonesian agri-food group
Cargill acquires Pollos El Bucanero in Colombia
Dutt & Wagner to acquire Parker & Reichman egg business
Smithfield Poland acquires Pini Group packaged meat company
Tyson Foods completes AdvancePierre acquisition
Land O’Lakes invests in EFC Systems
Terkelsen, Smith & Tyree merges with Frost, PLLC
BioMar Group acquires Ecuador shrimp feed producer
Arm & Hammer's parent company acquires AgroBioscience
Amazon to acquire Whole Foods Market
Scandi Standard to acquire Ireland’s Manor Farm
Mountaire to buy Maryland, Virginia grain facilities
Nutreco completes acquisition of Hi-Pro Feeds
CPF acquires majority stake in Germany’s Paulsen Food
Agrifirm to acquire compound feed company Bacutil
Upscience acquires Brazil laboratory Labtec
Post Holdings acquires Weetabix Limited
Devenish Nutrition makes first Asian acquisition
Bachoco will acquire Mexican pet food company
Bachoco to acquire Alabama further processing company
Cobb Germany buys stake in Russia’s Broiler Budeshego
Aviagen to acquire Hubbard Breeders
JBS concludes sale of beef assets to Minerva
Agrifirm to sell German compound feed plant
Cargill to acquire Southern States animal feed business
Aboitiz acquires controlling stake in Eurofeed
Hormel Foods acquires Fontanini Italian Meats and Sausages
Hormel Foods adds to its portfolio with acquisition of Cerrati
Sulmaq acquisition closes successfully
Greengage Lighting makes strategic acquisition of Isotera's assets
3M expands food safety offering with acquisition of Elution Technologies
Nestlé to enter plant-based protein market
Pilgrim's acquires Moy Park for US$1.3 billion
Phibro Animal Health to acquire Argentina’s Biotay
L. B. White Company announces ownership transition
Cargill expands animal nutrition business in Thailand
BioMar completes acquisition of Alimentsa
Post Holdings to acquire Bob Evans Farms
DSM to acquire Dutch animal nutrition company Twilmij
Cargill completes acquisition of Southern States’ feed business
Aquaculture company Cooke Inc. to acquire Omega Protein
Harim Group expands into Indonesia with acquisition
Reich Brothers to buy former Oscar Mayer headquarters
Russian Aquaculture acquires Norwegian smolt plant
Cargill to acquire Brazil’s Integral Animal Nutrition
Hormel Foods acquiring Columbus Craft Meats maker
FMC, DuPont complete transformative transactions
Cargill sells Swiss animal nutrition business
Tyson Foods acquires Original Philly Holdings
Phosphea acquires Elixir’s feed phosphate activity in Serbia
Olymel upgrades one poultry plant, buys another
George’s acquires Campos Foods fully cooked meat plant
Arby's to acquire Buffalo Wild Wings
Hormel Foods announces closing of acquisition of Columbus Manufacturing
Maple Leaf Foods acquiring second plant-protein company
Nutriad acquires partners’ interest in China
Kepak Group to buy Moy Park plant
ForFarmers the Netherlands sells arable activities to CZAV
L. B. White Company announces acquisition of Reeves Supply
Neovia acquires aquafeed, probiotics company Epicore
SuperDrob to buy poultry plant, hatchery from Indykpol
Furst-McNess acquires Big Gain Wisconsin
