KIEV, UKRAINE — Ukraine’s grain harvest for 2015 is estimated at 57.4 million tonnes, a decrease of 10% compared to the record high of 63.9 million tonnes in 2014, APK-Inform Agency said on April 7.
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WASHINGTON, D.C., U.S. — U.S. wheat stored in all positions on March 1 totaled 1,124,398,000 bushels, up 6% from 1,056,965,000 bushels on March 1, 2014, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) said in its March 31 Grain Stocks report.
On-farm stocks of wheat were 278,710,000 bushels, up 17% from 237,530,000 bushels a year ago, while off-farm stocks were 845,688,000 bushels, up 3% from 819,435,000 bushels in 2014. Indicated disappearance of wheat during the December 2014-February 2015 period was 405 million bushels, ...
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NAIROBI, KENYA — The African Milling School (AMS) celebrated its official opening on March 6. Around 150 guests attended. Members of the milling industry, representatives from across the political sphere and government officials participated in the celebration. Representing Bühler at the event were Calvin Grieder, chief executive officer, and Andreas Flückiger, president for the Middle East and Africa.
“In the milling industry there existed a vacuum in the development of skilled resource, and Bühler has made a very timely investment by ...
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CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, U.S. — To drive further improvements in returns and accelerate the company’s growth strategy, Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) announced on March 27 five management appointments in its Corn business unit.
Earlier this month, new Chief Executive Officer Juan Luciano created new management teams in Asia and North America.
With the most recent announcement, Craig Willis, a 23-year company veteran, has been named president, Ethanol. He had been a vice-president of the business since 2011. Prior to joining the Ethanol ...
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CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, U.S. — Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) announced on March 30 that it has reached an agreement to purchase AOR N.V., a privately held oil bottling company based in Antwerp, Belgium. AOR is a leader in the bottling and distribution of edible oils in Europe, with customers across the continent and a substantial export business. Its brands include Oilio and Coroli.
“This acquisition will allow us to expand our product offerings and customer base in Europe, offering entry into ...
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UZWIL, SWITZERLAND — The Bühler Group on March 25 reaffirmed its commitment to food safety at the Anuga Food Tech Exhibition. Joined by leading international specialists, the Bühler team highlighted emerging safety hazards in the nut industry and the solutions available to help food processors manage risks such as Salmonella, aflatoxins and foreign materials including the latest technologies for shell removal, anticipated to launch soon.
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LONDON, ENGLAND — The slight uptrend in global flour production indicated previously in data compiled by the International Grains Council (IGC) appeared to be continuing in the latest information covering the 2012 calendar year.
The IGC collection of flour milling data from around the world has lagged by several years the current twelvemonth since the studies began several decades ago. In addition, current data are not available for the two largest wheat milling countries, China and India. Thus, the assumption of ...
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MANHATTAN, KANSAS, U.S. — Scientists at Kansas State University (KSU) have released findings from a two-year study on the genomic diversity of wheat. The findings may prove useful in shortening the release times of future wheat varieties.
The scientists produced a haplotype map of wheat that describes genetic differences in a worldwide sample of wheat lines. A haplotype map is used in transferring sequence-level variation to multiple gene mapping projects.
“All of these new, genomic-based strategies of breeding promise to significantly accelerate ...
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MANHATTAN, KANSAS, U.S. — Kansas State University’s International Grains Program Institute (IGP) is planning two milling courses in June: Managing Mill Balance and Control, June 2-5; and Milling Practices to Improve Flour Quality, June 9-12. Both will be at the IGP Institute Conference Center in Manhattan, Kansas, U.S.
This is the second year for the newly designed Managing Mill Balance and Control course.
“The course is focused on the milling principles applied to setting and balancing the break system to optimize flour ...
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NAPLES, FLORIDA, U.S.. — A survey of millers at division meetings of the North American Millers’ Association meeting in Naples, Florida, U.S., on March 17 forecast 2015 soft red winter wheat production down 16% from 2014 but soft white winter wheat production up 6%.
Soft wheat millers forecast U.S. 2015 soft red winter wheat production at 380,869,000 bushels, down 16% from 455,297,000 bushels in 2014 and compared with five-year average production of 421,690,800 bushels. If realized, 2015 production would be the ...
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