Archive for 2015

NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, U.S. — Russian Farmers are reaping one of their biggest harvests. On top of that, a slump in the ruble that’s hurting domestic businesses should be a boon for exports as many costs shrink in dollar terms, Bloomberg reported on Sept 1.

Instead, shipments of wheat abroad are seen down by a quarter for August.

For that, the industry can thank President Vladimir Putin’s efforts to restrain prices of staples such as bread as Russians suffer collapsing ...

MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, U.S. — Cargill’s animal nutrition business introduced on Sept. 2, PROMOTE Biacid Nucleus in China for poultry producers seeking better gut health and performance from their chickens. Part of the PROMOTE range of additives offered through the Provimi brand, Biacid Nucleus is an extension of the Biacid product line, which was designed to promote robust feed efficiency in poultry through improved gut functionality.

Biacid Nucleus is a proprietary mixture of seven selected essential oil compounds proven to be beneficial ...

CHESTERFIELD, MISSOURI, U.S. — Corn acres doughing surpassed the five-year average last week while corn denting met it, according to a report released today by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. With 92% of corn acres in the doughing stage, 60% denting and 9% mature, the overall corn crop condition held strong with 68% of acres now rated in good or excellent condition.

With doughing surpassing the average by two percentage points and denting exactly equal to the average at 60% of ...

DENVER, COLORADO, U.S. — Having announced its intent on Aug. 20, Ardent Mills, a flour-milling and ingredient company, said on Sept. 1 that it has finalized the deal to purchase the Mondelēz Canada flour mill located in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. The mill produces hard and soft wheat flour for its Canadian bakeries and a number of food manufacturing customers. The details of the transaction were not disclosed.

The Mississauga mill has daily capacity to produce 8,500 cwts of flour, milled from ...

MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, U.S. — Cargill announced on Aug. 13 that it has completed a $5 million plant expansion at its El Salto, Jalisco, Mexico location.

The plant, which originally opened in 2004, will now triple in capacity to produce more than 9,000 tonnes of premix per month, and employ 85 people. It will produce premix for all species, including aquaculture, with an emphasis on poultry and swine, and will serve markets in Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean.

“We are significantly improving ...

SCHILLER PARK, ILLINOIS, U.S. — All food items sold by Enjoy Life Foods are Non-GMO Project Verified. Yet Joel Warady, the company’s chief sales and marketing officer, said Enjoy Life Foods agrees with certain aspects, but certainly not all aspects, of the Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act, which seeks to prevent statewide labeling laws for food products with bioengineered/genetically modified ingredients.

“We believe that the need to have a national labeling standard is absolutely there,” Warady said. “I think we ...

MANITOBA, CANADA — Drought has badly damaged canola and wheat crops on Canada’s prairies, but not as negatively as expected, despite its crop tour foreseeing the lowest wheat yields in eight years, said Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) on July 23.

CWB pegged the wheat harvest in Canada’s prairies at 23.1million tonnes, well below the production of 27.2 million tonnes the region achieved last year according to official data.

For canola the group, the former grain export monopoly for Western Canada, estimated output ...