Producer group Osnabrück
| Producer group for slaughter cattle in the Osnabrück area | |
|---|---|
| legal form | registered cooperative |
| founding | 1969 |
| Seat | Georgsmarienhütte |
| management | Anne Hillebrand (VS Chair)
Rudolf Festag (Managing Director) |
| Number of employees | 160 |
| sales | 155 million euros |
| Branch | Agriculture |
| Website | www.eichenhof.net |
| Status: 2016 | |
The producer group for slaughter cattle in the Osnabrück area (EGO) was founded in 1969 as a registered cooperative within the meaning of the Market Structure Act and is a member of the Weser-Ems cooperative association . The meat obtained in the connected slaughterhouse is marketed through licensed Eichenhof shops.
history
The cooperative was founded in Osnabrück on November 12, 1969 as a registered cooperative with a limited obligation to make additional contributions . The headquarters were moved to Georgsmarienhütte in 1971 . The statutory purpose is to promote the acquisition and economy of its members through a joint business operation.
In 1974, the producer group for quality piglets in the Osnabrück eG (EGF) was founded, whose 163 (2017) member farms produce around 500,000 piglets annually, which are marketed to the EGO members. EGO has been involved in the sausage manufacturer Kinnius in Osnabrück since 1990. In 1993 the merger took place with Raiffeisen-Viehverwertung eG for the old district Wittlage , Bohmte, 1997 with the producer group for cattle and meat Minden-Ravensberg - Lippe eV, Herford . In 2005 the cooperative, together with the farmer and haulier Wilhelm Vinke, took over Eichenhof Bauernmarkt GmbH and its subsidiary Eichenhof Bauern- und Schlachtviehmarkt GmbH & Co.KG and renamed EGO Schlachthof Georgsmarienhütte Verwaltungs-GmbH and EGO Schlachthof Georgsmarienhütte GmbH & Co. KG renamed. Since 2007, all piglet producers have taken part in regular animal health monitoring by the Animal Health Agency, in which the EGF is a partner. In 2017, Vinke & Sohn GmbH & Co. KG grew.
At the end of 2017, the cooperative had a total of 270 members who held 1,418 shares. Membership is restricted to owners of farms that produce cattle for slaughter. Each member must subscribe at least two, at most ten, shares of 2,500 euros each, which bear interest of at least three percent.
The first chairman of the EGO, Karl-Heinz Hüggelmeyer held this office until 1998, his successor, Georg Dietemeyer until 2019; since then Anne Hillebrand has been chairwoman. Franz Hengstmann was chairman of the EGF until 2007, and Andreas Dauwe has been chairman since then.
Holdings
In addition to the two cooperatives EGO and EGF, the EGO association comprises the following corporate investments:
- EGO slaughterhouse Georgsmarienhütte Verwaltungs-GmbH 36.4 TEuro (76 percent)
- EGO-Schlachthof Georgsmarienhütte GmbH & Co. KG 2,338 thousand euros (76 percent)
- Kinnius Beteiligungs-GmbH 92.5 TEuro (38 percent)
- Meat processing Kinnius GmbH & Co. KG 130.0 TEuro (38 percent)
- Vinke & Sohn Verwaltungs GmbH (until 2017) 35.0 TEuro (100 percent)
Business activity
According to the articles of association, the purpose of the cooperative is to adapt the production and sale of cattle for slaughter to the requirements of the market, namely through:
- The alignment of production according to common production and quality rules.
- Selling the entire production to slaughter cattle according to common sales rules.
Additional purposes were added later:
- Advice, supervision and control of production in the member companies based on the production and quality rules (2000).
- The procurement of means of production (1992).
The EGF's statutes, which are almost identical, do not include the advice, monitoring and control of farms listed under item 3); instead, the marketing of cattle for slaughter and the rental of fixed assets were added in 2016.
The EGO slaughterhouse is certified according to the criteria of the International Food Standard (IFS). In addition, the company is subject to regular inspections by the Food Inspectorate. The Eichenhof pork thus bears the “TÜV-tested” seal.
In the 2017 financial year, 473,417 slaughter pigs and 4,184 slaughter cattle, 11,939 breeding and farm animals and around 600,000 piglets were produced. In 2018, the EGO slaughterhouse slaughtered a total of 717,212 (2016: 602,000) head of cattle, of which 449,239 were EGO pigs, 242,943 foreign pigs, 25,030 were contracted; the cutting amounted to 812,126 head of cattle. The turnover achieved amounted to 146.6 million euros.
In 2016, the EGO group employed a total of 160 employees and 210 contract employees.
Marketing of the Teutoburg farm pig
Since 2018, EGO and the meat processor Stockmeyer , Sassenburg, have been jointly marketing meat and sausages through the discounter Penny , under its own brand "Naturgut". The meat is produced by three EGO member companies and processed by Stockmeyer. Criteria for the label “For more animal welfare” include: a .:
- Short distances to the slaughterhouse,
- Measures for a better stable climate,
- Interventions such as castrating without anesthesia and tail docking should be avoided.
The meat is offered by the discounter Penny at a price 40–50 percent higher than conventional goods.
Individual evidence
- ↑ District Court Osnabrück, cooperative directory No. 110006, documents. Articles of Association
- ↑ EGF, annual accounts 2017, published in the Federal Gazette
- ↑ District Court Osnabrück, cooperative directory No. 110007, documents. Articles of Association
- ↑ EGO: Annual financial statements 2017, published in the Federal Gazette
- ↑ EGO-Schlachthof: Annual financial statements 2018, published in the Federal Gazette
- ↑ EGO: EGO-Verbund looks back on positive developments for 2017 (press release). July 5, 2017, accessed August 11, 2020 .
- ↑ Steffen Bach: EGO Osnabrück: With "Teutoburger Hofschwein" back to branded meat. In: Land & Forst. October 16, 2018, accessed August 11, 2020 .