Cargill hopes to become Philippines feed leader with new plant project
The food and agriculture giant’s fifth animal nutrition plant in the Philippines, located in Bulacan, will be its first dedicated to manufacturing Provimi premix solutions. It will serve primarily medium to large livestock farms and feed millers.
“The livestock farming industry is evolving as farms consolidate, become larger and require more sophisticated nutritional solutions. The new facility will significantly increase the number of innovative offerings that will improve the cost and performance of raising livestock or producing quality complete feeds,” said Noel Kim, director of Cargill’s premix and nutrition operation in the Philippines.
“It will also provide a broader portfolio of premix solutions to help farmers who need greater flexibility in their animal nutrition requirements or those who are considering the transition from utilizing compound feeds to developing their own feed formulations.”
The Bulacan plan is designed to deliver 20,000 tonnes of premix solutions per year. Construction has just began and operations are expected to start in the third-quarter of 2017.
The Philippines is a key growth market for Cargill’s animal nutrition business in Asia, as it seeks to become a regional leader.
In addition to this new facility, Cargill is also investing in a new poultry processing facility in Batangas via a joint-venture with Jollibee. That facility will employ 1,000 employees and will be the largest of its kind in the Philippines.
