Dansk Landbrugs Grovvareselskab

Dansk Landbrugs Grovvareselskab (DLG)^[1] is a Danish co-operative society owned by about 29,000 farmers. The Group’s main business areas are farm supplies, vitamins and minerals, and Service & Energy comprising activities such as trade in seed grain, grain and other crops, animal nutrition, vitamins and minerals for animal feed, vegetables for the retail business, telecom and fuel etc. DLG’s principal markets are Denmark, Germany and Sweden, but export also constitutes a large part of the business, i.e. export of malting barley, feed grain and bread grain, rapeseed and rapeseed oil to Europe, the Middle East, Africa and South America. The total annual export of crops reaches about DKK 5 billion. Furthermore, DLG^[2] runs the retail chain Land & Fritid selling products for house and garden. The DLG Group has 40 subsidiaries in 20 countries. In 2013 the Group turnover reached more than DKK 59 billion, and the Group employs about 8,000 people, 3,000 of which are working in Denmark. DLG’s full name is Dansk Landbrugs Grovvareselskab a.m.b.a. and the co-operative was formed in 1969 by the merger of Jysk Andels Foderstofforretning (JAF, established in 1898), Øernes Andelsselskab for Indkøb af Foderstoffer (ØA, established in 1901) and Dansk Andels-Gødningsforretning (DAG, established in 1901). In 1994 DLG^{[3] [4]}acquired Superfos Grovvarer, in 1999 Fyens Andels-Foderstofforretning (FAF), in 2020 parts of KFK and 2010 parts of Aarhus Egnens Andel. In 2007 DLG acquired two new subsidiaries, Kongskilde Industries A/S and the German farm supply company HaGe. In 2013 the German Team AG also entered the group of DLG subsidiaries. The DLG headquarter is at Axelborg in Copenhagen. Group CEO is Kristian Hundebøll.

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