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Danish Agro

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Type
  
Co-operative

Number of employees
  
C. 4,000 (2014)

Headquarters
  
Karise

Founded
  
1901

Parent organization
  
DLA Aagro A.m.b.A.

Industry
  
Farm supply

Website
  
Danishagro.dk

Revenue
  
24.1 billion DKK (2014)

Net income
  
550 million DKK (2014)

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Key people
  
Christian Junker(CEO), Jørgen H. Mikkelsen(Chairman)

Subsidiaries
  
AGROMEX s.r.o., Swedish Agro AB

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Danish Agro is a cooperative farm supply company headquartered in Karise south of Copenhagen, Denmark. It is owned by 12,000 Danish farmers.

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History

Danish Agro traces its history back to 1901 when Stevns Foderstofforening was founded on the Stevns Peninsula. Since then the company has been through numerous mergers and in 2006 it changed its name to Danish Agro.

In the autumn of 2009, Danish Agro took over its competitor, Landbrugets Andel, when the latter was faced with financial difficulties.

Company

The company consists of the following divisions:

  • Agribusiness Denmark
  • Agribusiness International
  • Agribusiness Support
  • Agribusiness Machinery
  • Special Feed
  • Food Activities
  • Subsidiaries

    In total, Danish Agro has approximately 80 subsidiaries. They include:

  • Dansk Vilomix A/S
  • Nordic Seed A/S
  • DLA Agro
  • Hedegaard Foods A/S
  • Vilovet
  • DAVA Agravis International

    DAVA Agravis International Holding A/S is a joint venture between Danish Agro, Vestjyllands Andel and Agravis. In October 2014, the company took over Getreide AGs' retail acticities in Germany.

    References

    Danish Agro Wikipedia