Agricultural company Ceres Global set to acquire grain elevator from Cargill
CANADA – Ceres Global Ag Corp, an agricultural, energy, and industrial products merchandizing and supply chain company,…
Grains & Milling
Uzbek flour milling companies invest in new modern lines to meet growing demand
UZBEKISTAN – The increasing demand of wheat from Uzbekistan’s consumers, which grew from 7.7 million…
Saudi Arabia transfers ownership of flour milling companies to privatization agency
SAUDI ARABIA – Saudi Arabia has resolved to transfer four milling companies to the National…
Ethiopian company invests US$10.3m in wheat, pasta and biscuit manufacturing
ETHIOPIA – Kiya, a local food processing company in Ethiopia, operating under Soror General Trading has…
Bühler and Premier Tech expand partnership for bulk packaging globally
SWITZERLAND – Grain and food processing solutions provider, Bühler Group and Canadian packaging company, Premier…
ADM to reduce ethanol grind in response to market conditions
USA – ADM has unveiled that it is currently managing ethanol production throughout its US…
Bunge to sell 35 US grain elevators in portfolio optimization strategy
USA – Agricultural commodity trader, Bunge Limited has announced that it has agreed to sell…
ADM unveils new plan to cut greenhouse gas emissions, energy consumption
USA – Multinational agricultural trader and food processor, ADM has advanced its sustainability commitments with…
Royal De Heus acquires Brazilian animal nutrition company Cerrado Nutrição
BRAZIL – Dutch animal nutrition company, Royal De Heus has signed the agreement to acquire…
ADM names industry veteran Tedd Kruse as new President of ADM Milling
USA – The multinational food processing and commodities trading corporation, Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM)…
Raisio invests US$50m in plant-based value added products facility
FINLAND – Raisio Group is investing approximately €45 million (about US$50 million) in building a…
Robert Spurway to take over as GrainCorp’s CEO post demerger of Malt business
AUSTARLIA – Grain and commodities storage company, GrainCorp has appointed Robert Spurway to take up…
Zimbabwe’s private, public sector collaborate in boosting grain production
ZIMBABWE – PHI Commodities, subsidiary of National Foods Limited has committed to fund over 20…
Swiss commodity trader Ameropa taps Bunge’s executive as new CEO
SWITZERLAND – Ameropa, a Switzerland-headquartered grain trader has appointed William Dujardin as the company’s new…
Koch Foods breaks ground on new US$55m poultry feed plant in Alabama
USA – Koch Foods is investing US$55 million in a new feed mill in Attalla,…
Cargill invests US$34m to expand feed production capacity in its Texas plant
USA – Cargill has opened a US$34M expansion of its Animal Nutrition & Health facility…
Seaboard Corporation acquires full ownership of agribusiness joint venture in Peru
USA – American multinational agribusiness company, Seaboard Corporation has completed the acquisition of full ownership…
CBH completes US$164m expansion to enhance supply chain efficiency
AUSTRALIA – Australia’s leading grain merchant, CBH Group has invested A$240 million (US$164m) in the…
National Milling Corporation opens US$37.5m milling plant in Zambia
ZAMBIA – The National Milling Corporation, an affiliate of American agribusiness and transport conglomerate, Seaboard…
USDA reduces United States’ corn and soybean production forecasts to five-year low
USA – The U.S. Department of Agriculture in a recent report placed the projected production…
Taiwan Flour Mills Association signs US$576 million wheat purchase deal with US
USA – The Taiwan Flour Mills Association has signed an two year agreement to buy…
ADM opens largest mill in North America to expand capabilities
USA – Food processing giant, Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) has opened a new state-of-the-art flour…
Nigerian state government to commission US$11.11m rice mill factory
NIGERIA – Kogi State government in central Nigeria is set to commission a Rice mill…
Flour Mills of Nigeria banks on turnaround initiatives to boost growth
NIGERIA-Flour Mills of Nigeria Plc (FMN), one of Nigeria’s leading integrated food and agro-allied company,…