Take a look back at the merger and acquisition activity in 2018 in the poultry and animal feed sectors.
Kemin Industries acquires Canadian company
Transatlantic merger expands Stonehaven presence
Danæg acquires egg packing company
Investment firm to acquire JBS Five Rivers Cattle Feeding
Carl Buddig to reopen former Butterball plant
Danish Agro acquires Latvian agribusiness
Joint venture between Giordano Poultry Plast and Sanovo Technology Group
Meyhen International, MATTCO partner with WG Mars to form new company
Inspire Brands launches with Arby's, Buffalo Wild Wings as foundation
Maple Leaf Foods closes acquisition of Field Roast Grain Meat Co.
Adisseo completes acquisition of Nutriad
Tyson sells Kettle, still seeks to sell other businesses
Neovia acquires French mineral feed company
ForFarmers creates joint venture with Tasomix
Nutega and Novation join CCPA Group
Tyson to sell Circle Foods to Ajinomoto Windsor
Royal De Heus continues investments in Spain
Royal De Heus acquires grain silo, compound feed factory in Slovakia
Tyson purchase of Tennessee grain elevators completed
Land O'Frost purchases Wellshire Farms
EW Nutrition acquires 51 percent of shares in ICON
Nutreco acquires 100 percent ownership of Skretting Nigeria
Barentz International and Deltagen Group establish a joint venture
CPF acquires shares of Brazil shrimp producer Camanor
La Coop fédérée acquires Standard Nutrition Canada
Peco Foods adding cold storage facility in Mississippi
Tekni-Plex acquires Commodore Plastics and Commodore Technology
OSI, Turi Foods merge Australian operations
Tyson to buy American Proteins, AMPRO Products assets
Savage Companies, Bartlett and Co. to merge
Lantmännen acquires cattle feed business from Raisio
Zoetis to acquire Abaxis, global provider of veterinary diagnostic instruments
Limagrain Céréales Ingrédients acquires Unicorn Grain Specialties
Tyson to sell Sara Lee, Van’s to Kohlberg & Company
Tyson Foods acquires Tecumseh Poultry
Corbion acquires algae ingredients business from Bunge
Marfrig Global Foods finishes National Beef acquisition
Giordano acquires Twinpack Special Products
CFF GmbH & Co. KG acquires International Fiber Europe N.V.
Neovia acquires premix company Hi Nutrients
Agricultural lighting company ONCE announces acquisition
Conagra Brands to acquire Pinnacle Foods for $10.9B
Royal Agrifirm Group to acquire Special Nutrients
Palion acquires remaining shares from Bewital
Olymel acquiring Triomphe Foods
ADM proposes acquisition of Neovia
ForFarmers acquires compound feed activities of Maatman
ForFarmers completes purchase of Tasomix shares
Brakebush Brothers to buy burned House of Raeford plant
De Heus acquires Serbian compound feed plant
Highview Capital acquires Good Source Solutions
Aboitiz Equity buys 75 percent stake in Gold Coin for $334M
Ceres Global Ag unit acquires Nature’s Organic Grist
Land O’Lakes SUSTAIN acquires Agren
Savage Companies, Bartlett complete merger
BASF closes acquisition of businesses and assets from Bayer
Neogen acquires water microbiology testing technology
SOKOTRA Capital acquires Tunisian aquaculture firm
MAJA acquisition closes successfully
ADM completes acquisition of Probiotics International Ltd.
Wisium opens new plant in Algeria
Hormel Foods announces sale of Nebraska processing facility
La Coop fédérée buys 50 percent stake in WS Feed & Supply
Huvepharma acquires T-HEXX Animal Health
Jamaica Broilers acquires Georgia feed mill
Balchem Corp. acquires Bioscreen Technologies
Tyson completes sale of TNT Crust to Peak Rock Capital
L.V. Lomas renamed IMCD Canada Limited and IMCD US Food Inc.
Scandi Standard takes control of Rokkedahl Foods
Singapore firm to acquire South Australia poultry plant
Cargill acquiring Polish poultry business Konspol
Countryside Feed, Midwest Ag to merge
Closed Tyson Foods plant to reopen under new ownership
MHP seeking to acquire Perutnina Ptuj
Neovia acquires shrimp feed firm Ecuadorian Balnova
ForFarmers completes acquisition of Voeders Algoet in Belgium
ForFarmers unit acquires Netherlands organic feed firm
Wilbur-Ellis Feed acquires Ameri-Pac assets
UK’s Chesterfield Poultry buys Banham Poultry
Royal De Heus Group acquires Universal Agri Bisnisindo
Maple Leaf Foods closes Cericola Farms acquisition
Cal-Maine completes Featherland Egg Farms acquisition
George’s acquisition of Ozark Mountain Poultry completed
Evonik invests in precision livestock start-up to improve poultry production
Bojangles to be acquired by Durational Capital and The Jordan Company
Evonik acquires big data company Porphyrio
Darling Ingredients acquires animal fat processing facility
ADM looks to buy Argentina soy crusher Molinos Agro
Charoen Pokphand chairman to buy Fortune magazine
Maple Leaf Foods closes acquisition of VIAU Foods
Permira funds invest in Asian aquafeed producer Grobest
La Coop fédérée completes acquisition of Cargill assets
Olymel acquisition of Pinty’s Delicious Foods finalized
Cargill acquires Colombian poultry company Campollo
Tyson Foods completes Keystone Foods acquisition
American Securities acquires CPM
Cherkizovo completes acquisition of Altaisky Broiler
Neovia acquires Colombian premix company Biomix
CP Group subsidiary buys US-based Frozen Specialties Inc.
Marfrig Global Foods buys BRF Quickfood Argentina unit
Merck to acquire Antelliq Group
Granja Tres Arroyos and Fribel to buy Avex from BRF
Cherkizovo acquires 75 percent of Samson – Food Products