KTG Agrar AG stands for sustainability and animal welfare
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KTG Agrar AG stands for sustainability and animal welfare
- Single-source supply for maximum quality assurance
- KTG Agrar attaches great importance to vocational training
Hamburg, 14 August 2012 - Ever since its inception, KTG Agrar AG (ISIN:
DE000A0DN1J4) has relied on sustainable farming. Besides growing organic
and conventional food crops, the company also rears cattle, attaching
maximum importance to product quality and food safety.
KTG Agrar grows its own organic resources on its eco farms and processes
them in its own eco-certified production facility in Ringleben, Thuringia,
making the company a truly integrated producer, who covers the value chain
from the field to the food store. This strategy ensures maximum quality
assurance and is virtually unparalleled in the market.
KTG Agrar keeps some 550 dairy cows as well as 2,600 free range cattle at
several locations. Most of these farms already operate to organic standards
or are under conversion. KTG Agrar guarantees consumers that its cattle are
kept in an animal-friendly way, as this is the very basis for the
production of high-quality products. The company uses a wide range of
different methods such as the best possible milking, feeding and watering
techniques, healthy ventilation and an animal-friendly layout of the
outside exercise area, taking into account regional and environmental
aspects. 'We are happy to pursue a modern and regional farming policy that
caters to people's desire for healthy food. Some of our farms are members
of the Biopark e.V. association, which aims to accommodate farming and
nature preservation, to connect financial and ecological requests as well
as to strengthen the rural regions both economically and socially. Ever
since the foundation of our company, we have followed a philosophy of
producing our products in an environmentally and animal-friendly way,' said
Siegfried Hofreiter, CEO of KTG Agrar.
According to an image study carried out by i.m.a. and TNS Emnid in
mid-2012, one in two Germans is convinced that agricultural topics are not
sufficiently addressed at school. KTG Agrar aims to change this situation
and plans to send company representatives to schools in Hamburg,
Brandenburg and Thuringia in order to give students an insight into modern
farming and provide them with hands-on materials. 'We attach great
importance to promoting an understanding of farming as well as to
vocational training. The latter is not least reflected in the fact that we
currently employ as many as 16 trainees and apprentices at several of our
farms. This is why we also want to show students how to think in
agricultural terms,' said Siegfried Hofreiter.
ABOUT KTG AGRAR
With cultivable land of around 35,000 hectares, KTG Agrar AG (ISIN:
DE000A0DN1J4) is one of the leading producers of agricultural commodities
in Europe. As an integrated supplier, the company produces agricultural
commodities and renewable energy and food. The Hamburg-based company's core
area of expertise is the organic and traditional cultivation of market
products such as cereals, maize and rapeseed. For organic market products
KTG Agrar is the European market leader. The company mainly produces in
Germany but has also operated production in the EU member state of
Lithuania since 2005. The company's third mainstay is the production of
bio-energy. At present, KTG Agrar operates biogas plants with a total
capacity of around 30 megawatts. As a result of the takeover of Frenzel
Tiefkühlkost in 2011, KTG has expanded the value chain by the production of
food. In the year 2011, KTG achieved a total output of EUR 112,1 million
and EBIT of EUR 15,0 million. Since November 2007 the company is listed on
the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and has currently about 600 employees. Further
information can be found at www.ktg-agrar.de.
CONTACT
Investor Relations / Presse
Fabian Lorenz
IR.on AG
Phone: +49 221 914097-6
E-mail: fabian.lorenz(at)ir-on.com
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Company: KTG Agrar AG
Ferdinandstr. 12
20095 Hamburg
Germany
Phone: +49 (0)40-303 76-47
Fax: +49 (0)40-303 76-799
E-mail: presse(at)ktg-agrar.de
Internet: www.ktg-agrar.de
ISIN: DE000A0DN1J4
WKN: A0DN1J
Indices: HASPAX
Listed: Freiverkehr in Berlin, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, München
(m:access), Stuttgart; Open Market (Entry Standard) in
Frankfurt
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