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Date:2016/04/28
April 28, 2016Smithfield awarded grant to expand sustainable farming in supply chainSmithfield Foods, Inc. has announced the expansion of its programme, MBGro, a collaboration with the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) to advance on-farm conservation ...
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Date:2016/04/27
April 27, 2016ADM Medsofts to be launched for Egyptian marketArcher Daniels Midland Company (ADM) and Medsofts Group have announced the completion of a previously announced transaction, and are launching ADM Medsofts, a 50-50 joint venture that will ...
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Date:2016/04/05
April 5, 2016Zambia curbs corn smugglingRampant smuggling of corn into neighbouring countries has led Zambian authorities to restrict the transport of the commodity.According to a report by the Zambia National Broadcasting Corp., Agriculture Permanen...
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Date:2016/04/21
April 21, 2016Brazil waives tax to prompt more corn importsBrazil''s second corn harvest could be hit by scarcity, and thus an import tax on one million tonnes of corn from outside the Mercosur trade bloc will be waived for now.According to the Forei...
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Date:2016/04/04
April 4, 2016The Andersons to sell grain and plant nutrient assets in Iowa, USThe Andersons, Inc. announces it has signed an agreement to sell eight of its facilities in Iowa to MaxYield Cooperative of West Bend, Iowa, US."We have referenced performa...
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Date:2016/04/20
April 20, 2016ANDRITZ to build poultry feed plant in Scotland for UK firmANDRITZ Feed & Biofuel Technologies, part of international technology Group ANDRITZ, has received an order from 2Agriculture Ltd., UK, to build a new 300,000 tonnes-per-year pou...
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Date:2016/04/20
April 20, 2016Brazil''s agricultural, livestock exports to Middle East surge 46.3%According to statistics released by the Brazil Ministry of Agriculture and Supply (MAPA), exports of agricultural and livestock products from Brazil to the Middle East ...
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Date:2016/04/04
April 4, 2016Ample volume of global grains next season: IGCThe global grains supply will be adequately available next season, according to the International Grains Council (IGC).The organisation also forecasted a drop in output, although not signific...
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Date:2016/04/18
April 18, 2016Royal De Heus inaugurates seventh animal feed factory in VietnamRoyal De Heus inaugurated a new animal feed factory in Mang Thit district, Vinh Long province. The site is Royal De Heus'' seventh factory in Vietnam. The inauguration cere...
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Date:2016/04/13
April 13, 2016Brazil was Egypt's biggest soybean supplier in 2015Egypt's biggest soybean supplier was Brazil last year, with the latter delivering 550,000 tonnes, according to a report by the USDA's Foreign Agricultural Services (FAS).Other top suppl...
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Date:2016/03/31
March 31, 2016Ukraine''s rapeseed exports sink 25% to nine-year low Ukraine''s rapeseed exports could decline to a nine-year low in the next season, www.cnchemicals.com reported.The development would benefit Australia, another key rapeseedexporter to the E...
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Date:2016/04/13
April 13, 2016Another insect meal facility, now by FeedsAgrisolutionsUS-based FeedsAgrisolutions has begun construction of a three-acre insect meal production facility in Colombia.The production facility will provide warehouse space with associated o...
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Date:2016/04/11
April 11, 2016Chinese corn farmers told to plant soybeansChina will encourage farmers to plant more soybeans in an effort to cut the corn area by over 600,000 hectares this year, China Daily reported.China is struggling to reduce its huge stocks of c...
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Date:2016/03/29
March 29, 2016CropLife Asia promotes anti-counterfeit coordination with governmentCropLife Asia took part in the third country training programme initiated by the US Commercial Law Development Program this month at Singapore''s IP Academy.Supported b...
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Date:2016/04/13
April 13, 2016Kemin organises 2nd International Feed Engineering SummitPress releaseMany feed mill operators have done just about all they can to increase profitability through reducing input costs at the raw material level, however, there are still ...
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Date:2016/04/08
April 8, 2016China corn anomaly endsIt is an anomaly that while China is awash in corn, prices are so high that it has to resort to importing alternative grains and, in fact, even corn that it has a surplus of, for use in the manufacture of animal fe...
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Date:2016/04/11
April 11, 2016BIOMIN joins EU-led project to prevent crop losses from mycotoxinsBIOMIN has joined MyToolBox, a four-year, 5 million (US$5.7 million) effort to create a cloud-based platform that provides real-time, customised advice about mycotoxins t...
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Date:2016/04/07
April 7, 2016Glencore to sell 40% stake in agricultural unitGlencore PLC will sell a 40% stake in its agricultural business to Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) for US$2.5 billion.The decision is made to help mitigate the commodities organ...
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Date:2016/04/28
April 28, 2016Biomin''s new head for global aquaculture sees Asia risingBiomin''s newly appointed head of its global aquaculture operations sees the whole of Asia as a market whose potential for growth is high.Edward Manchester, who previously held t...
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Date:2016/04/11
April 11, 2016Olam to build Nigeria''s biggest integrated feed mill, poultry farms and hatchery Olam International has announced that it is investing US$150 million to set up two state-of-the-art animal feed mills, poultry breeding farms and a hatche...