Archive for February 26th, 2015

IGC: World grain production to reach new record

LONDON, ENGLAND — The forecast for total world grains production in 2014-15 increased 4 million tonnes to a record 2.006 billion tonnes in the latest International Grains Council (IGC) report released on Feb. 26.

All of the revision is absorbed by higher projected consumption, mainly in the feed and industrial use sectors, as demand is being stimulated by lower prices, the IGC said. The world carryover forecast is therefore little changed from before, at 431 million tonnes, a jump of 29 ...

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Cargill’s Mexican facility to produce aquaculture feed

TEHUACAN, PUEBLA, MEXICO — As part of the celebrations for its 150th global anniversary and 50 years of operations in Mexico, Cargill Mexico inaugurated the expansion of its animal feed facility on Feb. 24.

The expansion is the result of a $7.8 million investment, said Gerardo Quintero, managing director of Cargill’s Feed & Nutrition business for Mexico and Central America.

At the event, which was attended by the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fishery and Feed, Enrique Martínez y Martínez; the ...

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