- Business
- Godrej Agrovet Limited, a diversified agri-business company within the Godrej Group, focuses on animal feed, crop protection, oil palm plantations, dairy, poultry and processed foods, and vegetable oils. The company manufactures and markets a broad portfolio of products including cattle, poultry, layer, broiler, specialty, and aqua feeds produced at over 1.5 million tons annually across facilities in locations such as Khanna, Kharagpur, Baramati, Bangalore, and Erode; crop protection solutions encompassing plant growth regulators like Homobrassinolides (world's largest producer), Triacontanol (Vipul brand), biostimulants (Double, Anarika, Supershakti Combine), herbicides (Hitweed for cotton), insecticides from organophosphates to diamides, fungicides for mildews and blights, soil conditioners, and organic manures; oil palm from plantations exceeding 55,000 hectares in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Goa, Maharashtra, Odisha, and Mizoram; dairy products under the Jersey brand via subsidiary Creamline Dairy; and processed poultry under Real Good Chicken and Yummiez brands through Godrej Tyson Foods. Founded in 1991 and headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Godrej Agrovet operates primarily in India with exports of agrochemicals to the U.S., Kenya, and Mauritius, and maintains joint ventures in Bangladesh for feeds and poultry; subsidiaries include Astec LifeSciences for agrochemical manufacturing and Creamline Dairy for southern India dairy operations. Recent developments include a September 2025 non-binding MoU with India's Ministry of Food Processing Industries for Rs 960 crore investment in oil palm and pet food manufacturing facilities plus an R&D center across Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Tripura, Telangana, and Maharashtra; acquisition of Tyson's remaining stake in Godrej Tyson Foods to achieve full ownership; and a planned acquisition of an additional 48.06% stake in Creamline Dairy by September 2025 to bolster dairy expansion.