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Lohmann Tierzucht GmbH
Lohmann Tierzucht GmbH (Cuxhaven, Lower Saxony, Germany; wholly owned subsidiary of EW Group GmbH; founded 1959; formerly part of BASF Animal Nutrition division before EW Group acquisition) produces the Lohmann Brown-Classic — the dominant layer breed in Europe, Southeast Asia, and the Middle East — and the Lohmann LSL-Classic (white egg, dominant in Germany, Netherlands, and Scandinavia). The Lohmann Brown-Classic produces 300-330 eggs per year under commercial conditions, with excellent livability and adaptive performance in cage-free environments — making it the preferred breed as EU cage-free transition mandates take effect. Lohmann maintains GGP flocks in Cuxhaven (Germany) and internationally. Lohmann is the market leader in Germany (naturally — the home of EW Group) and holds strong positions across Europe, Turkey, India, and Southeast Asia. Lohmann's Cuxhaven headquarters and breeding facilities represent a second critical node in EW Group's GGP infrastructure, alongside Hy-Line's Iowa City facility.
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Lohmann Tierzucht — Asia-Pacific Distribution Hub (Pune, Maharashtra, India) →
INMaharashtra
Lohmann Tierzucht's primary Asia-Pacific grandparent distribution point for Lohmann Brown-Classic and LSL breeds — India is one of the world's fastest-growing egg markets (India produces ~130 billion eggs/year, fourth-largest globally). This hub supplies grandparent stock to Indian multiplier hatcheries (primarily in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, India's poultry production centers) and to Southeast Asian markets (Vietnam, Indonesia, Bangladesh). The Lohmann Brown-Classic dominates India's commercial layer sector because of its performance under tropical and semi-arid conditions — adaptation to non-temperate climates is a key competitive advantage vs. breeds developed for European conditions.
Lohmann Tierzucht — GGP Breeding Center (Cuxhaven, Lower Saxony) →
DELower Saxony
Lohmann Tierzucht's primary great-grandparent (GGP) flock and breeding center in Cuxhaven, Lower Saxony, Germany — the founding location of Lohmann layer genetics (established 1959). This facility maintains GGP flocks for Lohmann Brown-Classic and LSL-Classic breeds and serves as the primary genetic bank for European layer production. Cuxhaven is also the location of Lohmann Animal Health GmbH (a separate EW Group company producing poultry vaccines) — meaning the same campus hosts both layer GGP genetics and poultry vaccine production. Germany's Lower Saxony is the densest poultry production region in Europe; HPAI outbreaks in Lower Saxony have occurred repeatedly (2016-2017, 2020-2021, 2022 HPAI H5N1 wave). Lohmann's Cuxhaven facility has maintained GGP status through multiple regional HPAI waves due to strict biosecurity.
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Brown Layer Genetics (LSL, LB Classic)
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Did you know2024
Lohmann Tierzucht is tracked as a layer genetics company (egg supply chain), but its parent EW Group simultaneously owns Hy-Line International (#1 layer genetics), Ross/Aviagen (#1-2 broiler genetics), Hubbard Breeders (#3 broiler genetics), and Lohmann Animal Health (poultry vaccines). A single German family-owned holding company thus controls the genetic lineage of: the majority of the world's egg-laying chickens (Lohmann + Hy-Line combined), a large share of the world's meat chickens (Ross + Hubbard), and the vaccines protecting all of them (Lohmann Animal Health). No other entity in the history of food production has held genetic control over this much of the global protein supply chain from a single ownership structure. The egg, poultry meat, and poultry health supply chains converge at EW Group.
EW Group GmbH ↗Origin2023
Lohmann Tierzucht was founded in 1959 in Cuxhaven (the North Sea port city) as a layer genetics company operating within the BASF group — one of the world's largest chemical companies. The genetics business was part of BASF Animal Nutrition's broader livestock science portfolio during BASF's mid-20th century diversification into agricultural science. EW Group (the German family poultry genetics conglomerate) acquired Lohmann Tierzucht from BASF, eventually making EW Group the owner of both Lohmann Tierzucht (#2 global layer genetics) and Hy-Line International (#1 global layer genetics) — controlling an extraordinary share of the world's commercial laying hen supply chain from a single German holding company.
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