Archive for 2015

WASHINGTON, D.C., U.S. — U.S. 2015 all wheat production was forecast at 2.148 billion bushels, up 6% from 2.026 billion bushels in 2014, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) said in its July 10 Crop Production report. The forecast was near the average trade expectation of 2.149 billion bushels.

The all wheat number included the first survey-based durum and other spring wheat forecasts for the season, as well as revised winter wheat estimates.

Production of spring wheat other than durum was forecast ...

UZWIL, SWITZERLAND — On July 1, 2016 Stefan Scheiber will succeed Calvin Grieder as the chief executive officer (CEO) of Bühler, the company announced on July 9.

Grieder, who has successfully had this position for 15 years, will then focus on his role as chairman of the board, a position he has held since 2014.

Scheiber, 49, has been working for Bühler since 1988. In the course of his 25-year career with Bühler, he has headed various sales and production organizations in ...

WASHINGTON, D.C., U.S. — U.S. 2015 winter wheat production was forecast at 1.505 billion bushels, up 2% from 1.472 billion bushels forecast in May and up 9% from 1.378 billion bushels in 2014, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) said in its June 10 Crop Production report.

The forecast was above the average trade expectation of 1.469 billion bushels.

Production of hard red winter wheat was forecast at 887 million bushels, up 4% from 853 million bushels in May and up 20% ...

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, U.S. — Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) announced on June 2 that it has acquired tree nut and seed processing assets and operations in Modesto, California, U.S., from California Gold Almonds, adding critical processing capacity on top of ADM’s existing West Coast nut operations in Lodi and Stockton, California.

Under the terms of the deal, ADM is acquiring the lease to the brand-new Modesto processing plant, and taking ownership of assets — including processing equipment — at the facility.

“This ...

ACCRA, GHANA — According to the first edition of the Regional Overview of Food Insecurity in Africa (2015), Angola, Djibouti, Cameroon, Gabon, Ghana, Mali and Sao Tome and Principe met both the relevant Millennium Development Goal – that of halving the proportion of the population suffering from undernourishment – and the more stringent World Food Summit target of halving the absolute numbers of the hungry, the United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said on June 2.

West Africa in particular ...

ROME, ITALY — The number of hungry people in the world has dropped to 795 million — 216 million fewer than in 1990-92 — or around one person out of every nine, according to the latest edition of the annual UN hunger report (The State of Food Insecurity in the World 2015 – SOFI), the United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said on May 27.

In the developing regions, the prevalence of undernourishment, which measures the proportion of people who ...

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, U.S. — Archer Daniels Midland Co. (ADM) announced on May 11 three management appointments to accelerate value creation in key areas.

Gregory Morris has been named senior vice-president and president, Global Oilseeds. Vince Macciocchi has been named senior vice-president and president, WILD Flavors and Specialty Ingredients. Mark Bemis, senior vice-president and president, North America, has been named to the additional role of chief risk officer, and Chris Cuddy, president of ADM’s Corn Processing business unit, has been named a ...

LENEXA, KANSAS, U.S. — The International Association of Operative Millers (IAOM) elected a new president and vice-president during its 119th annual conference and expo on May 7 in Palm Springs, California, U.S.

Roy Loepp, director of quality with Seaboard Overseas and Trading Group in Shawnee Mission, Kansas, U.S, was elected the 111th president of the association. Brad Allen, vice-president and operations lead for Ardent Mills in Denver, Colorado, U.S., was unanimously elected vice-president.

Loepp said the theme for his presidency is: “Building ...