Lactech SEC

What Lactech SEC does

Lactech Inc. (operating as Lactech) is a Quebec-based dairy cattle nutrition company and a brand/operating division of Agri-Marché, which is itself a subsidiary of Groupe Brochu. The company specializes in ruminant feed, providing personalized feed formulations to dairy producers in Quebec and Ontario. Its core technology is the Newton Program from Shur-Gain, a feed-formulation methodology developed over several years in Shur-Gain farms and laboratories that optimizes rations at minimum cost using only the ingredients and quantities ruminants truly need, based on individual forage profile analysis. Supporting services include forage analysis at the Shur-Gain laboratory in Saint-Hyacinthe (with ~48-hour turnaround using infrared analysis), quality control, grain center services (drying, storage, market intelligence), and crop advisory.

Lactech operates two dedicated manufacturing plants in Quebec focused exclusively on ruminant feed production and maintains a proprietary delivery fleet enabling most deliveries within 24 hours. The company employs 13 staff (per firmographics) and goes to market through specialized field advisors (ruminant nutritionists, technologists, agronomists) who provide on-farm consultation, forage sampling, and personalized formulation recommendations, supplemented by phone-based customer service. Pricing is structured as cost per cow per day rather than per-product comparison, with full recipe transparency offered to customers. The company also runs the Bourses Lactech scholarship program (10 scholarships of $7,500 annually) and the Mini Club Lactech youth engagement program to support farm succession and young dairy producers.

The business model is essentially a regional B2B/SMB feed manufacturer and service provider, monetizing through sale of customized feed products to individual dairy farms. No external funding rounds, M&A activity, public listing, or independent ownership structure are disclosed; Lactech operates as a privately-held strategic subsidiary within the Agri-Marché / Groupe Brochu corporate group, which also operates feed mills, pork and poultry farming, and a transshipment center.

Name

Lactech SEC

Legal name

Lactech Inc.

Website

https://lactech.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Lactech Inc. is a Quebec-based dairy cattle nutrition division of Agri-Marché that provides personalized feed formulations to SMB dairy producers in Quebec and Ontario using the Shur-Gain Newton Program, supported by two dedicated manufacturing plants, a proprietary delivery fleet, forage analysis, and youth farmer development programs.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Dairy Feed Manufacturing

NAICS

Animal Food Manufacturing (3111), Animal Food Manufacturing (31111)

SIC

Agricultural Services (700)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYAFADAAAI

TMR/Complete Rations & Pelleted Ruminant Feeds

Agriculture & Food Production/Animal Feed Manufacturing/Ruminant Feed (Cattle, Sheep, Goats)

SECONDARYAFADAMAG

Performance & Health Outcome Consulting (growth, FCR, milk yield, gut health)

Agriculture & Food Production/Animal Feed Manufacturing/Custom Feed Formulation Services

SECONDARYAFADAAAH

Energy & Grain-Based Ruminant Feeds (Corn, Barley, High-Energy Blends)

Agriculture & Food Production/Animal Feed Manufacturing/Ruminant Feed (Cattle, Sheep, Goats)

Keywords

• Dairy cattle nutrition
• Ruminant feed production
• Feed formulation services
• Forage analysis laboratory
• Livestock feed delivery

Headquarters

HQ city

Saint-Isidore

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Feed Products for Dairy Ruminants: Sale of customized feed formulations directly to dairy producers. Formulations are personalized based on forage analysis and herd requirements. The company operates two dedicated manufacturing plants for ruminant feed production.
2. Delivery Services: Dedicated Lactech delivery fleet providing flexible, timely delivery to dairy producers. Most deliveries completed within 24 hours of order.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Lactech manufactures and sells customized ruminant feed formulations for dairy producers, optimized through the Shur-Gain Newton program based on individual forage profile analysis. The company operates two dedicated manufacturing plants for ruminant feed, a proprietary delivery fleet providing within-24-hour delivery, and on-farm technical advisory through specialized ruminant field advisors, technologists, agronomists, and nutritionists.

Product overview

Lactech is a dairy cattle nutrition company that provides a comprehensive suite of feed products and services for ruminants. The offering centers on personalized feed formulations optimized through the Newton Program, which enables cost-effective ration formulation based on individual forage profiles. Supporting services include forage analysis at the Shur-Gain laboratory in Saint-Hyacinthe and quality control operations. The company also supports dairy farm succession through the Lactech Bursaries program (10 bursaries of $7,500 annually) and the Mini Club Lactech for engaging young producers. Lactech operates two dedicated feed factories and maintains a flexible delivery fleet serving dairy producers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Personalized Feed Formulations
• Forage Analysis Services
• Quality Control Services
• Lactech Delivery Service

Quantifiable outcome

• Produce milk at lower costs to increase profitability
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Shur-GaincoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerShur-Gain is a key strategic partner providing the Newton program for feed formulation technology. This partnership enables Lactech to leverage Shur-Gain's laboratory facilities (including Saint-Hyacinthe lab for forage analysis), research and development capabilities, and the Newton formulation methodology developed over years of testing in Shur-Gain farms and laboratories.
• Agri-MarchécoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAgri-Marché is the parent company and primary strategic partner of Lactech. The partnership combines Agri-Marché's purchasing power, laboratory capabilities, and commercialization strategies with Shur-Gain's feed development programs and training. Agri-Marché is a leader in animal feed and subsidiary of Groupe Brochu, operating feed mills in Quebec and Ontario.
• Agri-NouvellesminorGTM or Marketing PartnerAgri-Nouvelles is an agricultural news platform that serves as a marketing and communication channel for Lactech, distributing news and updates to the farming community through its newsletter and platform.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Alltech: Alltech is a global animal nutrition company selling feed programs, premixes, and on-farm advisory services with presence in Canada. It is a broad incumbent competing in the ruminant nutrition space through technical sales support comparable to Lactech's model.
• Purina Animal Nutrition (Land O'Lakes): Purina Animal Nutrition is the livestock feed division of Land O'Lakes with a Canadian footprint producing dairy and beef rations. It is a broad incumbent offering customized formulations and field advisory service, competing in the same Canadian dairy feed market.
• ADM Animal Nutrition: ADM Animal Nutrition is a global feed manufacturer with Canadian operations producing complete feeds, premixes, and customized rations for dairy and other livestock. It is a broad incumbent leveraging commodity scale across multiple species and regions.
• Cargill Animal Nutrition: Cargill operates a global animal nutrition business with Canadian feed manufacturing and formulation capabilities across dairy, beef, poultry, and swine. It is a broad incumbent competing with Lactech for dairy producer accounts via scale, purchasing power, and broad portfolio solutions.
• Trouw Nutrition (Nutreco): Trouw Nutrition is Nutreco's global premix and specialty feed brand, present in Canada with dairy and livestock nutrition solutions. It is a broad incumbent offering overlapping ruminant advisory and formulation services across multiple provinces.

Direct peers

• Hi-Pro Feeds: Hi-Pro Feeds is a Canadian livestock feed manufacturer (part of Viterra/Bunge-aligned grain ecosystem) producing dairy and beef rations. It is a comparable domestic feed manufacturer with similar full-service field advisor capabilities, though concentrated more in Western Canada.
• New-Life Mills: New-Life Mills is an Ontario-based feed manufacturer offering customized ruminant and poultry rations with on-farm technical service. It is a directly comparable Canadian regional feed formulator targeting dairy producers in overlapping geographies.
• Shur-Gain: Shur-Gain is the Nutreco-owned Canadian ruminant feed manufacturer and Lactech's core strategic partner that supplies the Newton Program and Saint-Hyacinthe laboratory. It is simultaneously Lactech's most direct comparable (Quebec-focused dairy feed formulations, field advisory model) and a strategic dependency.
• Masterfeeds: Masterfeeds is a Canadian livestock feed manufacturer with a broad ruminant and monogastric portfolio across multiple provinces. It competes with Lactech for dairy producer accounts in Eastern Canada and shares a similar field-sales and customized formulation model.
• Jefo: Jefo is a Quebec-based animal nutrition company specializing in feed additives, vitamins, and species-specific solutions sold through feed manufacturers and directly to producers. It is comparable as a Quebec-headquartered animal nutrition specialist serving dairy producers, though it operates more in the additive layer than complete feed.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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