- The Group is principally involved in the production, processing, distribution and retailing of beef, chicken, pork, milk, dairy products, eggs, stock feed and flour. The Group also has large row cropping operations (principally maize, soya beans and wheat), with approximately 7,787 hectares of row crops under irrigation which are planted twice a year, and a further 8,694 hectares of rainfed/dryland crops available for planting each year.
- Zambeef runs one of the largest irrigated row cropping operations in Zambia, with approximately 7,787 hectares of irrigated land, and 8,694 hectares of rainfed, arable, developed land available for planting each year. Crop production focuses on maize and soybeans during the summer, and wheat and maize during winter, with the Group having a storage capacity of 125,000 metric tons.
Precious Environment (Pty) Ltd
- Precious Environment (Pty) Ltd was registered in the year 2014 in Reyno Ridge; Mpumalanga; South Africa. Precious Environment offers its prestigious services to both the private and the public entities. Subsequently, the Managing Director of this company has a vast experience in this kind of a business and has spearheaded many projects of this kind.
- Precious Environment is a level 1 B-BBEE contributor with 100% procurement recognition level and is headed by a dynamic, motivated and efficient Mbali Guma who is the Managing Director and has 100% shareholding of this company.
- Cargill has been present in Zambia since 2006 and is based in Lusaka, the capital and largest city of Zambia. The company is active in grain and oilseeds, trading, and providing market access to commercial farmers as well as small-scale farmers for their crops. We are continuously developing products that give consumers just what they’re seeking, advancing nutrition, food safety and sustainability. And we help all of our partners innovate and manage risk, so they can nourish the world again tomorrow.
- In 2015 Cargill acquired an integrated soybean oil crush, refinery and bottling business in Lusaka, further enabling the company to provide both small scale and commercial farmers with market access for their products, as well as providing soybean meal to the animal nutrition industry.