The agreement will provide Al Dahra Group with the exclusive opportunity to purchase fodder supplies and commodities supplied by Golden Fields through contract farming agreements in Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia and Finland, where Al Dahra Group is committed to supporting the construction of animal feed processing facilities, while providing the necessary technical expertise in sourcing, production and sales.
The deal will also see the construction of a dry milling processing facility for peas and beans, which will supply Al Dahra Group with pellets and pelleted livestock feed, high-grade feed pellets protein and vegetable protein and fiber products.
Arnaud van den Bergh, CEO of Al Dahra Group, said: “This agreement with Golden Fields allows the group to purchase forage inputs such as corn, grass, alfalfa, perennial grass blends and turf fodder sourced from farms across the Baltic region, and processed, then exported to meet customer demand across Northern Europe, Asia, North Africa and the Middle East .
He added: “Through our partnership with Golden Fields, we are opening a promising new page for the future in the Baltic region, as Golden Fields’ extensive business network with prestigious agricultural cooperatives guarantees us an uninterrupted supply of fodder. long term for our customers. worldwide, allowing farmers in the Baltic region to significantly expand the geographical reach of their products.
“On the other hand, our partnership will make it easier for farmers in the Baltic region to reclaim land, diversify their crop rotations, improve soil structure and sustainable agriculture, and enable them to farm land that was not suitable for growing legumes and cereals,” Van den Berg said.
New factories are in the works
Golden Fields, an Al Dahra Group partner, has invested 10 million euros ($10.7 million) in a fiber processing plant in Juniskes, Lithuania, and 7 million euros ($7.53 million dollars) at a similar plant in Lahn County, Estonia. companies; Lithuanian “Joniškio aruodas” and Estonian “Kevili”.
Each year, these facilities can produce and process approximately 150,000 metric tons of food for commercial use.
“We are cooperating with experienced farmers to produce high-quality fodder from Estonian and Lithuanian fields, and we also plan to establish similar production lines in Finland, Western Estonia and Latvia with an additional capacity of 250,000 metric tons,” said Mahmoud Ahmed, CEO. fields of gold.
He added, “Through our partnership with Al Dahra Group, Golden Fields will be able to accelerate the expansion of its operations and reach a production capacity of more than 400,000 metric tons in the next five years. We are also working on the development of a vegetable protein production plant with a production capacity of over 100,000 metric tons.” of food pellets in Estonia, while evaluating the possibility of expansion with a second such plant in Lithuania at the coming.
Mahmoud Ahmed also indicated that the inauguration of the new facility in Juniskes, Lithuania will take place on May 23, where the fiber drying, pressing and storage buildings have been completed, in addition to the completion of equipment. technologies in the spring of 2023. .
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