Bunge North America, a unit of food processing firm Bunge, has purchased the wheat milling business of Grupo Altex in Mexico for an undisclosed amount. Grupo Altex produces a wide range of products from wheat including, bread flour, ...
Tags: Wheat Milling, Bunge North America
UPM was announced as the sector leader for the materials industry at the launch of CDP’s forests annual report. CDP’s forests program asks companies to disclose their exposure to deforestation risks through their use of five ...
Tags: materials industry, Textile
ASR Group, a cane sugar refining and marketing company, has purchased 50% stake in Italian sugar refinery SFIR Raffineria di Brindisi from ED&F Man, a specialist merchant of agricultural commodities, for an undisclosed amount. Built in ...
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Bunge North America, a unit of food processing firm Bunge, is set to acquire wheat milling business of Grupo Altex in Mexico. Grupo Altex produces a wide range of products from wheat including, bread flour, prepared flours for baked ...
Tags: Wheat Milling Business, Bunge
With home prices and household formations rising and household balance sheets healing, the ongoing housing recovery is expected to gain momentum next year even as several challenges remain, according to economists who participated in the ...
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US agribusiness company Cargill is set to upgrade its poultry processing facility in Saraburi, Thailand with an investment of THB300m ($10m). The project, which is expected to be completed by July 2014, includes upgrading plant's food ...
Chicago agricultural commodities rose across the board on Wednesday, with corn registering a sharp gain of 1.79 percent. The most active corn contract for December delivery rose 8 cents, or 1.79 percent, to close at 4.5525 dollars per ...
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Few decades ago, African countries, including Nigeria, Kenya, Tanzania and South Africa, were listed in the list of world’s largest textile industries and currently the textile sector in the region is faced with several challenges. ...
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Weather Update June 24, 2013 Part of the reason for the delay in sending an update on the crop position is the diversity of the information we are able to obtain. The weather has been very mixed depending on where you are standing. A very ...
Tags: agriculture, lentils, pulses, grains
The Australian Bureau of Statistics has officially confirmed Australia's 2011-12 cotton crop was a record 973,000 tonnes, up 15% on the previous year. It’s Agricultural Commodities 2011-12 report showed a slight increase in the total ...
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In the year from September 8, 2011, to September 7, 2012, listeria monocytogenes in fresh cut onions, salmonella Braenderup in imported mangoes and undeclared milk in a nationally distributed snack bar sparked the most reports. A total of ...
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Ecolab has introduced Antimicrobial Fruit and Vegetable Treatment (AFVT), a new product to help lower the risk of foodborne illness outbreaks related to ineffective produce washing in foodservice operations. Ecolab noted that AFVT is the ...
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One of the best Old West steakhouses in the greater Phoenix, Ariz., area is Bill Johnson’s Big Apple, famous for its scrumptious steaks and barbeque. The restaurant is also known for its founder – cowboy Bill Johnson himself. ...
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Canadian beef exports to China are set to rise following certification for a further four of Canada's processing plants. Chinese officials have given the green light to the beef processors as part of a 2011 trade agreement that saw ...
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The number of eco-labels in the food industry is expected to continue to proliferate in 2013. More than 200 seals and logos represent some ecological, ethical, ingredient or sustainability attributes in the global food industry. Organic ...
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