Philippines: Zuellig Group to secure it’s own feed milling requirement with corn production

A 30,000-hectare corn plantation in the Philippines will be set up by the Zuellig Group in order to ensure its own feed milling requirements are met. The firm is currently testing plantations for its major corn production plans to become a reality.

Kim Campbell, executive chairman of Pharma Industries, Inc of the Zuellig Group stated : “If you look at our organisation, we need corn for processing. We are looking in the region to produce corn."

“You can see that there is competition everywhere for food. For the security of supply, we want to produce our own corn so we are looking around, Mr Cambell added. The region has already seen test runs being carried out at corn plantations by the company. Read more ...

This blog is written by Martin Little The Global Miller, published and supported by the GFMT Magazine from Perendale Publishers.