Vion Farming

Vion Farming B.V. is a Dutch agribusiness unit within Vion Food Group, one of the largest meat processors in the Netherlands and a major player in the European pork and beef industry. Vion Farming operates as the group's dedicated livestock-sourcing and coordination arm for the pig sector. Its core role is to organise and coordinate the supply of pigs and sows to Vion's various slaughterhouses in the Netherlands, and to act as an intermediary between pig breeders (vermeerderaars) and pig farmers (varkenshouders). In this capacity it functions as a link in the vertical chain that connects Dutch livestock farms to Vion's processing and retail-facing meat operations. The unit sits within Vion's broader 'Veehouders' (livestock farmers) structure, alongside Vion Rundvee, which handles the purchase and sale of cattle and coordinates the transport of slaughter cattle. Together these units manage the upstream relationship between Vion and the farmers who supply its slaughterhouses. Vion Farming's activities are closely tied to the Dutch pork supply chain, and the company publishes current pig prices (actuele varkensprijzen) and maintains FarmingNet, a digital platform for its farmer contacts, as well as a field-service contact network. Vion Farming B.V. is part of Vion Food Group, whose parent entity Vion Holding N.V. is a naamloze vennootschap incorporated under Dutch law and statutorily based in Best, the Netherlands. Vion Food Group describes itself as an international holding company and is exempt from the Dutch large-company structural regime (structuurregime) on that basis. The group operates across pork, beef, retail and food service channels, supplying meat and vegetarian products to customers worldwide. As a sub-brand and operational unit rather than a standalone listed company, Vion Farming does not have its own public share listing; its financial and governance fate is tied to Vion Food Group. Its importance lies in securing and organising the flow of livestock that feeds Vion's slaughter and processing capacity in the Netherlands, making it a strategically relevant node in the Dutch and wider European protein supply chain.

Vion Farming B.V. exists as part of Vion Food Group, a Dutch meat-processing group. Its history is inseparable from that of its parent. Vion Food Group grew into one of the largest meat companies in the Netherlands and a significant European pork and beef processor, with operations spanning pork, beef, retail and food service. Within that group, Vion Farming was established as the unit responsible for the upstream pig supply chain: coordinating the supply of pigs and sows to Vion's Dutch slaughterhouses and mediating between pig breeders and pig farmers. The unit operates alongside Vion Rundvee, which performs an analogous role for cattle, guiding the purchase and sale of cattle flows and coordinating the transport of slaughter cattle. Together they form Vion's 'Veehouders' (livestock farmers) interface, managing the group's relationship with the farms that supply its slaughter capacity. Vion Farming's parent, Vion Holding N.V., is a naamloze vennootschap under Dutch law, statutorily seated in Best, the Netherlands. Vion is exempt from the Dutch structuurregime for large companies because it is an international holding company, and it maintains a two-tier board structure. This governance context shapes how Vion Farming operates as a business unit within the group. Over time, Vion Farming has developed digital and field-service tools to support its farmer network, including FarmingNet and a field-service contact organisation, and it publishes current pig prices as a service to the sector. Its role remains focused on securing and organising livestock flows for Vion's Dutch slaughterhouses, a function that is central to the group's pork supply chain.

The dedicated livestock-sourcing and farmer-relations unit of Vion Food Group for the Dutch pig sector, connecting breeders and farmers to Vion's slaughterhouses.

• Livestock sourcing and coordination for pigs and sows

  Vion Farming coordinates the supply of pigs and sows to Vion's various slaughterhouses in the Netherlands.

• Brokerage between pig breeders and pig farmers

  Vion Farming mediates between the breeder (vermeerderaar) and the pig farmer (varkenshouder).

• FarmingNet

  A digital platform for Vion Farming's farmer contacts.

• Current pig prices

  Vion Farming publishes current pig prices for the sector.

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