Barkat Frisian moves backward into its poultry farm supply chain

Barkat Frisian Agro Limited has unveiled plans to invest in two poultry layer farms as part of a backward‑integration drive designed to secure raw material supply, stabilise costs and tighten quality control across its egg products business.

The company told the Pakistan Stock Exchange that its board approved the initiative at a meeting on 11 September, setting in motion a programme to build farms with a combined capacity of 225,000 birds and an associated feed processing facility. Management estimates the two sites will together produce roughly 200,000 eggs per day—about one‑fifth of Barkat Frisian’s current daily requirement of 1,000,000 eggs—providing a material buffer against swings in third‑party supply.

The investment outlay is pegged at Rs690 million, split between Rs390 million for farm infrastructure and Rs300 million for bird procurement. Funding will come from a mix of debt and internal resources. The company expects commercial production to begin within 15 months of project start, placing the first eggs from the new units into its processing network on a timeline aligned with its manufacturing pipeline.