US food giants Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) and Cargill have signed an agreement to create a joint venture (JV) to meet increasing customer demand for soybean meal and oil in Egypt. The JV, which will be equally owned by the partners, ...
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RCMA Group is investing £25m to build a new rapeseed processing plant in Atherstone on Stour, near Stratford-upon-Avon in the UK, creating more than 30 local jobs. The new facility will be operational in the autumn of 2017 to ...
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Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) and Wilmar International have launched Olenex as full-function joint-venture to offer integrated capabilities in refined vegetable oils and fats. The companies have completed the transition of Olenex ...
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Cargill reported financial results for the fiscal 2017 first quarter ended 31 August, 2016. Key measures include: Adjusted operating earnings rose 35 percent to $827 million in the first quarter, compared with $611 million in the ...
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Algaia has entered into an agreement to acquire Cargill’s alginates business and its production plant in Lannilis, northwestern France. The acquisition is aimed at accelerating the development the field of natural extracts, more ...
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US-based food company General Mills is planning to more than double its organic acreage sourcing for ingredients, to reach its goal of 250,000 acres by 2019. The increase in acreage is to meet the growing demand for natural and organic ...
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With the soybean harvest getting under way in Brazil, analysts are getting a clearer picture of whether the forecast record-setting crop will hit the century mark of 100 million tonnes despite hot and dry weather in Mato Grosso and ...
Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) will purchase 50% stake in Egypt-based Medsofts Group. Together, the companies will own and manage supply chain and merchandising operations of grains, oilseeds, and soft commodities. The new joint ...
U.S. farmers will harvest 13.9 billion bushels of corn, the second-largest crop ever, and 3.785 billion bushels of soybeans next year, USDA said in its first projections of the new crop. The new crops would follow three years of bumper ...
According to the monitoring of MOFCOM, the prices of farm produce in 36 large and medium-sized cities remained generally steady, and prices of production means in circulation continued to fall last week (August 31–September 6). Last ...
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According to the monitoring of MOFCOM, the prices of farm produce in 36 large and medium-sized cities continued falling, and the prices of production means in circulation remained steady last week (September 7–September 13). Last ...
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Bunge North America, the North American operating arm of Bunge Limited, has acquired Whole Harvest Foods, a refiner and packager of expeller pressed commercial cooking oil. Whole Harvest Foods products, which including frying oils, pan ...
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Food ingredients company Bunge North America (BNA) has decided to shut down its oil packaging unit in Bradley, Illinois, in the US. The closure will take place in 18 to 24 months. Besides, operations at the administrative building, ...
French agricultural co-operative Terrena and oilseed investment firm Sofiproteol are in talks to acquire a controlling stake in poultry exporter Doux. If these talks succeed, Terrena will acquire 52.5% stake in Doux from D&P ...
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Hong Kong-based investment management and holding company First Pacific and Wilmar International expect to complete the acquisition of Australian firm Goodman Fielder by 2015. Goodman Fielder owns brands as Medow Lea, Praise, White Wings, ...
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