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Exhibit 99.1
AgFeed Industries, Inc.
Presentation
to
The GHS Conference 2011
NASDAQ: FEED
NYSE Alternext: ALHOG
San Francisco, CA
18 July 2011
Safe Harbor Statement
This presentation contains “forward -looking statements ” within the meaning of the “safe-harbor” provisions of the Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause the actual results of the Company to differ materially from the results expressed or implied by such statements, including changes from anticipated levels of sales, future national or regional economic and competitive conditions, changes in relationships with customers, access to capital, difficulties in developing and marketing new products, marketing existing products, customer acceptance of existing and new products, and other factors. Accordingly, although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in such forward -looking statements are reasonable, there can be no assurance that such expectations will prove to be correct. The Company has no obligation to update the forward -looking information contained in this presentation .
Vision
Aligning global production resources to provide a reliable supply of safe pork and pork products
Mission
Establish AgFeed as a leader in supplying an expanding base of global customers with the highest quality pork while demonstrating leadership in food safety, production efficiency, sustainability and environmental stewardship
AgFeed: An Overview
An international agribusiness aligning global production resources .
Animal Nutrition
Hog Production
AgFeed Industries, Inc.
An International Agribusiness
Harvest
AgFeed: Transformation
AgFeed Industries, Inc. is a NASDAQ listed international agribusiness operating in the United States & China; ticker symbol FEED. It is also listed in Europe on the NYSE Alternext: ALHOG
During the winter and spring of 2010, the Board embarked on a series of initiatives to fully transform the Company . The strategy was to capture the additional revenue and profit associated with the full supply/value chain available to a vertically integrated market participant
These initiatives were signaled by AgFeed ’s announcement that it would be entering the harvest/processing segment of the pork business and dramatically demonstrated by the acquisition of M2P2 - a leading U.S. hog production company in September 2010
One year after embarking on this strategic plan, we have transformed; our Board of Directors, Executive Management, base of operations & revenue, upgraded our information systems and audit team are now poised for the next steps in the ongoing transformation of the Company
Last week, we announced the next significant step in this process: the agreement to acquire operating businesses in the United States to anchor our harvest and processing operations . These are the necessary precursor to executing our Global Markets initiative, and the final step in the integrated strategy devised in early 2010.
AgFeed: Yesterday circa 2009
Animal Nutrition - China
Founded in 1995 by animal nutrition experts . The animal nutrition business produces additive premix, concentrates and complete feeds AgFeed had exclusive distribution arrangements with ~ 1,900 independently owned retail stores and served over 750 commercial farms.
Hogs - China
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31 farms acquired in 2008 with 24,000 sows and capacity of 30,000. Production capacity of ~ 550,000 hogs p.a.
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Construction and planning initiated for of two western-style production pods with a total of 35,000 sows and market hog capacity in excess of 850,000
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In 2009, all of the Company ’s business was in China
AgFeed: Today
Animal Nutrition - China
Revenue growth curtailed due to market conditions and credit discipline
AgFeed has exclusive distribution arrangements with 1,805 independently owned retail stores and serves over 913 commercial farms
Hogs - China
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Rationalized legacy farm system asset base. Currently breeding ~ 16,000 sows with a capacity of 20,000 and market hog production capacity of ~ 370,000
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Construction and planning initiated for of two western-style production pods with a total of 50,000 sows and market hog capacity in excess of 1,200,000
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Hogs - United States
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Production facilities in Colorado, Oklahoma, North Carolina & Iowa
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1,300,000 market hogs produced annually under long-term supply agreement with Hormel
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In 2011 62% of our revenue will be
U.S. based and 38% China based.
AgFeed: Tomorrow
Hogs - United States
Existing production facilities in Colorado, Oklahoma, North Carolina & Iowa. Expect 1,300,000 market hogs produced annually under long-term supply agreement with Hormel
Hogs - China
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Legacy farm system anticipates breeding approximately 20,000 sows and annual market hog output approaching 400,000.
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Ongoing construction of of two western-style production pods with a currently planned total of 50,000 sows and market hog capacity in excess of 1,200,000.
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Harvest & Processing - United States
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Recently announced potential acquisitions represent entry to this segement and platform for expansion in the U.S. & China.
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Animal Nutrition - China
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Continued market presence with a dwindling proportion of sales devoted to our own hog production systems
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AgFeed: Tomorrow
In 2012, we expect 61% of our revenues to be U.S. based and 39% to be generated from operations in China. Of note is that the growth in Chinese based revenue will be attributable to the western -style hog farms coming on stream and the Global Market initiative
Global Pork Market: Macro Factors
Pork is a staple of human consumption . Globally pork is consumed in significantly greater volume than any other meat
In 2010, approximately 1.2 billion hogs were slaughtered globally yielding close to 110,00,000 metric tons of pork
One half of global hog production is in China. Second largest producer is the U.S. with 10% of global production
Global demand is expected to increase by approximately 23% by 2020, over half of which will be driven by China
Meat demand and production strains continue to increase as China’s 250 million middle class grows in addition to rapid urbanization
Sources include: USDA, Rabobank, China Research and Intelligence, Access Asia Limited, Institute for Rural America & eFeedlink .com
Global Pork Market: Macro Factors
•Pork exporters are lead by the United States, EU, Canada & Brazil with the U.S., Brazil and Canada being the low cost producers
•20% of U.S. hog production is dedicated to export providing an export market share of 38%
•Management expects domestic Chinese demand to grow by 7% - 8% p.a., thereby rapidly exceeding domestic production capacity and leading to growing export opportunities
Sources include: USDA, Rabobank, China Research and Intelligence, Access Asia Limited, Institute for Rural America & eFeedlink .com
Business Model: Pork Supply/Value Chain
Food Safety
Control the animal and product throughout the chain - womb to tomb Control all inputs associated with the breeding and growth of the animal and its processing
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Scale is increasingly important, allowing for efficiencies throughout the business chain
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Discreet profit margin from each stage of our operations: feed sales, animal sales, semen, genetics and slaughter, processing and marketing
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Our fully integrated production model provides an opportunity to reduce costs through the chain and capture additional profit margin
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Hog Production: U.S. & China
Our U. S. production system, M2P2, is an industry leader in terms of all productivity and efficiency metrics and will produce over 1,300,000
M2P2 provides a base of expertise, technology and human capital which can be leveraged over a broader U.S production base and exported to our Chinese production system
Legacy hog production system in China, under M2P2 management, is showing greater operating discipline and efficiency
Flagship western -style farm in China was populated in Q1 2011 and will deliver hogs to market in Q1 2012
20,000 sows are expected to be producing within our western -style production system by 2013
Harvest & Processing: Pending Acquisitions
Harvest and Processing acquisitions announced last week represent AgFeed ’s next step in deploying a fully integrated hog production system
These acquisitions will add over $180 million in U.S. based revenue and over $13 million of EBITDA to our results annually
The acquisition of talented management teams will be instrumental to the development of Harvest facilities tied to our western -style farms in China
We anticipate building harvest facilities that will be located and scaled to serve the production output of our western -style farms in Dahua and Xinyu
We expect the fully integrated production model assuring verifiably safe pork and standard processing will be attractive to major international distributors and processors targeting the Chinese and south Asian markets
Global Markets:
Marketing & Distribution
AgFeed ’s Global Market initiative represents the final step in our strategic actions to develop the company into an integrated market participant
Align our global production resources to become a leading supplier to global customers
Demand pull strategy for institutional, food service and high end retail markets
Institutional requirements for quantity, quality and safety throughout the supply chain
Protection of “brand equity” vital to our customers
Leverage our Chinese “domestic ” footprint to capitalize on the significant growth available through exports to China
Summary: Investment Highlights
Pork is a global staple
Significant global demand for “safe” meat products
All our operations, technologies and procedures are focused on assuring and delivering “safe” pork to the consumer
We are a leader in modernizing and integrating the Chinese hog industry
Together the U.S. and China represent 62% of global pork production
Broad dedicated distribution network for our nutrition products
China’s demand for “safe’’ meat products
Source: MOA, Rabobank estimates, 2009
Conclusion
We expect continued growth as we execute our plan to grow our hog production business while expanding our business reach throughout the pork value/supply chain to assure a reliable supply of safe pork and pork products to the consumer through our customers in retail chains, restaurant chains and industrial users