2025 was a year in which mergers and acquisitions (M&A) within the feed, grain and poultry industries were abundant.
While several days remain in 2025, here are the M&A-related headlines from the past year:
Biochem to acquire BASF’s global glycinate business
Fevara to enter Brazil market with acquisition of Macal
Innovad to be acquired by private equity firm PAI Partners
GrainCorp to sell GrainsConnect Canada amid challenging market conditions
Biochem to acquire BASF’s global glycinate business
Rumin8 acquires ROAM Agricultural to expand product range
PAI Partners announces acquisition
UK’s Sunrise egg company acquired by Agrova of Latvia
Sprehe Group acquires additional production site in Germany
Tyson hopes to acquire former Cargill turkey plant
Hickman’s Egg Ranch acquired by Mantiqueira USA
ForFarmers and Beukelaar Diervoeders join forces in broiler, pig sectors
Bunge divests five grain elevators in Western Canada as part of merger agreement
Skagit Farmers Supply acquires Alaska Mill & Feed to strengthen supply chains
Mennel Milling acquires Toledo Flour Mill to boost production capacity
EDGE Industrial Technologies acquires Carbonomics to expand global footprint, product portfolio
MBRF acquires gelatin and collagen company Gelprime
JBS invests in Paraguay poultry operation
BASF completes sale of food and health ingredients business to LDC
EarthTouch acquires Missouri grain facility to expand ancient wheat production
UK’s Cranswick purchases feed mill from AB Agri
Ag Valley Co-op acquires Scoular grain facility in Atlanta, Nebraska
POET finalizes acquisition of Green Plains Obion bioethanol facility
Bunge to acquire grain facility in western Canada
Marfrig-BRF merger completed; executive team named
Thomas Foods International buys closed Tyson plant in Florida
Baja Aqua-Farms acquires Baja Marine Foods to expand seafood platform
Kemin Industries acquires CJ Bio subsidiary CJ Youtell Biotech
Saudi Arabia’s SALIC sells 185,556,900 BRF shares
Seaboard Foods purchases 3 hog farms
Agrifirm Hungary joins UBM Group
Trinity Ag Cooperative acquires Frieling Grain in Kansas expansion
Aurora Cooperative and Farmers Union complete merger
Centerra Co-op acquires Coshocton Grain Company in strategic expansion
ADM to close Bushnell soy protein plant amid global network restructuring
Louis Dreyfus Company completes acquisition of assets from Bunge
Mukka Proteins acquires majority stake in FABBCO
Post Holdings to sell pasta business to Richardson
Kemin Industries acquires Hennessy Research Associates
Case Farms acquires Foster Farms complex in Louisiana
Lantmännen announces acquisition
CHS to acquire Scoular grain facility in Nebraska
Centerra Co-op to acquire Coshocton Grain Company
Ardent Mills to acquire specialty grain facility in North Dakota
Fortifi to Acquire Provisur Technologies
Tyson Foods sells closed Glen Allen plant for $5 million
MHP completes acquisition of 92% of Uvesa Group
Wilbur-Ellis Nutrition acquired by equity firm, will operate as Rangen
First Milling expands production in Saudi Arabia with acquisition
Consco Foods acquires Allied Food Distributors
Wayne-Sanderson Farms acquires Harrison Poultry
PAK Quality Foods announces acquisition
Cargill to acquire Mig-Plus, expanding animal nutrition business in Brazil
Phatisa exits Deltamune through sale to Vaxxinova
Sofina Foods buys Northern Ireland’s Finnebrogue
Neogen completes sale of cleaners and disinfectants business to Kersia Group
MYGroup enters joint venture with Beta Bugs to secure supply of BSF eggs
Alltech becomes majority owner of Finland’s only aquafeed plant
DTN acquires Canadian agtech firm Grain Discovery
Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern in talks for major railroad merger
Bunge-Viterra merger complete, expanding reach globally
Grain Craft completes acquisition of Bunge’s corn milling business
Poultry farming JV transfers to Boparan Private Office
Cargill to acquire Mig-Plus, expanding animal nutrition business in Brazil
Restructuring, divestment by Animex
Sale of Pure Prairie Poultry plant approved
Cargill to exit aquafeed business in Vietnam
Teys transitions ownership to Cargill
De Heus acquires Voeders Huys, expands production capacity into Belgium, France
IFB Agro to acquire Cargill India’s aquafeed business
DSM-Firmenich completes sale of stake in Feed Enzymes Alliance
Lesaffre and Zilor enter joint venture
Noble Foods strengthens its value-added egg business
Post Holdings to acquire 8th Avenue Food & Provisions
Plukon expands alternative protein portfolio with acquisition
Cal-Maine closes on Echo Lake Foods for US$230 million
Cranswick acquires sausage producer Blakemans
Sofina Foods to acquire Exceldor Cooperative assets
BRF finalizes purchase of OSI plant in China
Tyson Foods enters agreement with cold-storage unit company
Datacor acquires Baytek International
Lantmännen announces acquisition
Neogen to sell cleaners and disinfectants business to Kersia Group
Uvesa Group grows with hatchery acquisition
Ridley to sell feed mill in South Australia to Baiada Group
CCPA Group acquires premix company Nutrisur in Uruguay
Hillandale Farms bought by Global Eggs for US$1.1 billion
JBS subsidiary Vivera offers to buy The Vegetarian Butcher
Agrifirm strengthens position in organic bulk feed market
Miller Poultry acquires Gerber's Poultry
Scan Sverige to acquire Lindvalls Chark AB
Rose Acre Farms expands in Arizona with new purchase
EW Nutrition acquires majority stake in Green Innovation
Godrej Agrovet to acquire remaining shares of Creamline Dairy
Scandi Standard to buy 6 poultry farms in Lithuania
Cargill to sell 2 Romanian feed mills to Carmistin
ForFarmers, Team Agrar complete joint venture formation in Germany
Plukon acquiring Spain’s Grupo Avícola Hidalgo
ForFarmers, Boparan merger provisionally approved
Cranswick acquires JSR Genetics
Cal-Maine Foods acquires feed miller Deal-Rite Feeds
SD Guthrie strengthens European presence with equity interest in Marvesa
Scandi Standard buys Tyson assets in the Netherlands
US egg producer Pete & Gerry’s acquires Farmers Hen House
JBS enters egg sector with Mantiqueira Brasil acquisition
BRF Arabia Holding finalizes Addoha investment deal
JBT completes takeover of Marel, parent company of Wenger Manufacturing
ForFarmers unit Reudink acquires organic feed plant in Germany
Novus, Resilient Biotics partner on new swine health solution
Bühler acquires Cerex puffing technology for pet food, feed applications
De Heus to acquire poultry processor Kessels Holding
Poultry Science Association acquires European Poultry Science
