Erzeugergemeinschaft Südbayern eG

About EG Südbayern

Erzeugergemeinschaft Südbayern eG, headquartered in Pocking, is a farmer-run self-help and marketing cooperative that has been active as a trading partner for regional agriculture since 1967. The company's purpose is to adapt the production and sale of slaughter pigs, slaughter cattle, piglets, calves and feeder cattle to market requirements, as well as joint marketing under common production and quality rules. The cooperative holds a 49% stake in two modern slaughterhouses in Landshut and Vilshofen (EG Südbayern Schlachtbetriebs GmbH) and operates species-appropriate livestock transports with its own vehicle fleet, supplemented by experienced contract hauliers. More than 10,000 members form the backbone of the organisation, which has been extended across the whole of southern Bavaria through several mergers of regional producer cooperatives. Locations are situated in Pocking, Essenbach-Altheim, Ampfing (Dirlafing), Nittenau and Waidhofen. As of July 2025, 51% of the shares in the slaughterhouse operating company were sold to Norbert Marcher GmbH.

Site

Pocking

Processes

Slaughter livestock brokerage (pigs, piglets, cattle, calves), Meat marketing, Species-appropriate livestock transports (own vehicle fleet plus contract hauliers), Quality management system, Slaughter livestock registration

Founded

1967

Industries

Agriculture, Livestock marketing / Animal trading, Slaughterhouses / Meat industry

1. 01

   Slaughter livestock registration

2. 02

   Slaughter livestock brokerage

3. 03

   Animal transports (own fleet and contract hauliers)

4. 04

   Marketing via slaughterhouses (holdings in Landshut and Vilshofen)

5. 05

   Meat marketing

Locations

History

1. 1967

   Founding of the producer cooperative as a farmer-run self-help organisation; trading partner of local agriculture since 1967

2. 1978

   Start of meat marketing

3. 1990er

   Establishment of significant holdings in slaughterhouses in Vilshofen and Landshut

4. 2000

   Merger of regional producer cooperatives

5. 2005

   Merger of regional producer cooperatives

6. 2010

   Merger of regional producer cooperatives

7. 2015

   Resolution on the articles of association by the delegates' assembly on 29.06.2015

8. 2018

   Merger of regional producer cooperatives; amendment of § 1 para. 1 of the articles on 29.05.2018

9. 2019

   Most recent merger with optimisation of internal structures and locations

10. 2024

    Amendments to the articles of association (§ 18 para. 6, § 26c para. 1) at the delegates' assembly on 12.11.2024

11. 2025

    In early July 2025, sale of 51% of the shares in EG Südbayern Schlachtbetriebs GmbH to Norbert Marcher GmbH (Villach)

12. 2026

    As of July 2026, Norbert Marcher GmbH takes over the majority stake as well as the industrial and operational management of the Landshut and Vilshofen slaughterhouses