The latest news from the agricultural sector
2022-06-08
Cargill invests US$2.4M to upgrade Indonesia based tapioca syrup plant | Food Business Africa Magazine
INDONESIA — Cargill has invested US$2.4 million to upgrade its sweetener plant in Indonesia, more than doubling the company’s production capacity for organi ... Read more
grains, milling, baking & feed
2022-06-08
African Development Bank approves US$1.5B global aid package to avert a looming food crisis in Africa | Food Business Africa Magazine
AFRICA—With the African Emergency Food Production Facility, the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group's Board of Directors approved a US$1.5 billion gl ... Read more
grains, milling, baking & feed
2022-06-08
UN Central Emergency Response Fund makes a US$12m contribution towards mitigating the starvation threat in Sudan | Food Business Africa Magazine
SUDAN—UN Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) has made a US$12 million contribution towards a new project to provide emergency agriculture and livestock s ... Read more
grains, milling, baking & feed
2022-06-08
General Mills pulls out of dough manufacturing joint venture in Israel | Food Business Africa Magazine
ISRAEL—General Mills has sold its majority stake in its controversial dough manufacturing business in Israel to local firm Bodan Holdings, its partner in th ... Read more
grains, milling, baking & feed
2022-06-08
DSM’s Prodap acquisition expands its precision tech market to Brazil | Food Business Africa Magazine
BRAZIL—Royal DSM, a science driven global company, is set to expand its global precision tech market into Brazil by acquiring Prodap, a Brazilian animal gen ... Read more
grains, milling, baking & feed mergers & acquisitions
2022-06-08
Tetra Pak forges new food innovation partnerships to tackle global food insecurity crisis | Food Business Africa Magazine
SWITZERLAND – Switzerland-based multinational food packaging and processing company Tetra Pak has unveiled new partnerships aimed at accelerating efforts to ... Read more
supplier news & innovations sustainability
2022-06-07
Evening Edition | Tuesday, June 7, 2022
In tonight's Evening Edition, read about farmers' crop progress across the states, a Russian attack on a Ukrainian ag commodities terminal, and Brazil's grain crop. Read more
2022-06-07
Keeping the crop stress away
XtremeAg’s Kelly Garrett, Matt Miles, and Kevin Matthews spend the week focused on getting their crop through heat stress, heavy rain, and increased weed pressure. Read more
2022-06-07
FAO: Helping Ukrainian farmers is 'challenging' 07.06.2022
Ukrainian farmers are facing multiple problems getting their seeds into the ground amid the Russian invasion. DW asked FAO Chief Economist Maximo Torero how the world agricultural organization is... Read more
Maximo Torero UN Food and Agriculture Organization
2022-06-07
Seeding just about wrapped up in north west region
Producers in the north west region, including the Battlefords and Meadow Lake area, are close to wrapping up seeding for the 2022 crop season. Read more
2022-06-07
What are Corn Tillers?
Corn tillers have a negative reputation with farmers and agronomists around the world. The June 7
th 2022
Sustainable, Secure Food Blog explains that this bad reputation may not be deserved. Read more
2022-06-07
USDA’s Risk Management Agency Reminds Producers Considering Double Crop Soybeans of their Crop Insurance Options
The USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) reminds agricultural producers that for the 2022 crop year there are options for insuring double crop soybeans and other crops in counties where the Following... Read more