The USDA released its much-awaited prospective plantings report yesterday, taking markets by surprise with a larger than expected reduction in the US corn area and an increase for soybeans.
This month's careers gallery features exits, new hires and promotions at companies such as Nutreco businesses - Trouw Nutrition and Skretting - along with appointments at AB Agri and French insect producer, InnovaFeed, among others.
Iowa headquartered farmer owner cooperative, Landus, is partnering with AMVC, the ninth largest pork producer, to build a new feed mill that will produce up to 400,000 tons of swine feed per year.
The agri-commodities market’s attention continues to be fully on Ukraine, where harvest prospects and the ability to export remain unknown, say analysts.
Unilever is piloting new blockchain technology, GreenToken by SAP, in a bid to increase traceability and transparency in the consumer good giant’s palm oil supply chain.
There is an increased focus on soybean and other oilseed production in China to reduce dependence on the world market for agri-commodities, according to government policy guidelines.
In what has been a mixed day for markets, weather forecasts for large parts of US winter wheat are now once again showing little beneficial rainfall over the next week and uncertainty remains around crop conditions, say UK-based agri-commodity specialists.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has led to volatility in several sectors of the global economy. For India and the region, trade is being disrupted in the grains, oilseeds, fertilizer, and energy sectors, among others.
New startup, ALGIECEL, has received funding of around £400K (US$525K) from Denmark’s BioInnovation Institute (BII) for the construction and testing of a pilot-scale, mobile container-based photobioreactor utilizing algae to sequester CO2 emissions from...
The conflict in the Black Sea region continues, and the global agriculture sector is braced for a huge shake-up as a direct result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Ukraine has become an increasingly large corn exporting country, suppling significant volumes of that grain to the UK, EU, China, and North African markets.
Argentina’s drought has been having a major negative impact on the country’s soybean crop, and the weekend saw its agricultural ministry move to suspend soybean oil and meal export registrations.
EU feed manufacturing companies are currently searching for alternative supplies to compensate for loss of Black sea origin, mainly in relation to maize [corn] and sunflower meal.
China is seeing its biggest COVID-19 outbreaks in two years, with partial or citywide lockdowns in multiple places and mostly for non-essential services. We look at the implications along with potential market disruption from the Black Sea conflict.
As hundreds of international companies withdraw from Russia, leading agribusiness players, globally, have now released statements in relation to their activities in that market.
Belstra Milling’s plant in DeMotte, Indiana has been named the 2021 premix/ingredient premix feed facility of the year by the American Feed Industry Association (AFIA).
The duration of the Black Sea conflict will determine how disruptive it is likely to be in terms of global grain and oilseed crop production, says an agribusiness executive.
India’s soybean meal exports drastically fell by 82% between October 2021 and January 2022, as Indian soymeal is too pricey compared to other origins, finds a USDA FAS report.
Several feed businesses have issued statements in recent days on the continuity of their Black Sea operations given the ongoing conflict in the region.
Global crude oil values have rallied sharply as the conflict in Ukraine continues to escalate and markets price in risk premium, with growing uncertainty in global markets, finds CRM Agri in its latest outlook.
Methionine producers in China and elsewhere are analyzing the sudden volatility of petrochemicals and feedstocks arising out of the escalation in the Black Sea conflict, reports Kemiex.
UK based analysts say it is impossible to forecast whether the escalating tensions between Russia and Ukraine will have an impact on physical supply of grains.
The main challenges facing the Northern Ireland agri-food sector, according to an independent review, are the environmental footprint of NI agriculture, particularly emissions associated with cattle farming.
Animal nutrition and aqua feed group, Nutreco, along with Norwegian seafood player, Holmøy, are investing in Andfjord Salmon, as part of a NOK 38 million (US$4.3m) private placement.
South Dakota Soybean Processors LLC (SDSP) is to construct a multi-seed processing plant near Mitchell, South Dakota, in the US. The facility is pegged to come on stream in 2025.
US headquartered technology provider, Centaur, says it has reached a milestone in terms of its work to preserve quality and maximize profitability across the food and commodities supply chain.
This month sees us report on career development activity at AB Agri, the marine ingredients organization, IFFO, single cell protein producer, Calysta, and others.
Commodity trader, Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC), has committed to eliminate deforestation and conversion of native vegetation of high conservation value for agricultural purposes from all its supply chains by December 2025.
French innovator, InnovaFeed, has announced a strategic partnership with ADM Petfood to pioneer large scale commercialization of insect protein in pet food in the US.
US agribusiness, Ag Processing Inc, (AGP) is to build a new soybean processing plant near David City, Nebraska, capitalizing on the growing domestic and global demand for soybean meal and soybean oil.
