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Conditions on the Caribbean island of St. Vincent have worsened as La Soufrière volcano continues to push ash and debris into the atmosphere. Dozens of individuals have been rescued from the northern part of the island after refusing to evacuate last week. Officials are warning anyone still in the red and orange zones to flee as the mountain presents a new danger to anyone still in the area.

In the areas around the volcano, there is evidence of pyroclastic flows — ...

KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, US — Millers, merchandisers, and traders this week said railroad performance was steady from the previous week. Prices were edging higher for grain transportation by rail and truck.

Millers and brokers who participate in cash wheat markets said behind-schedule delivery of empty rail cars at country origins was a lingering problem. The issue was most prevalent in the west where some car placements by Class 1 railroads were running 10 days to two weeks behind schedule.

“It still feels ...

The La Soufrière volcano erupted on St. Vincent on Friday for the first time in 42 years, sending a more than two-mile-high cloud of ash billowing above the Caribbean island just hours after surrounding communities were ordered to evacuate.

Low visibility caused by volcanic debris was hampering the effort to transport thousands of residents to safety, officials said.

Satellite images and photos shared on social media showed a thick column rising from the 4,049-foot volcano, which began erupting at 8:41 a.m. Plumes ...

WASHINGTON, DC, US — Growers in 2021 intend to seed more area to wheat than in 2020, though it would be the fourth-smallest all-wheat planted area since records began in 1919.

All-wheat planted area was projected at 46.358 million acres, up 5% from 44.349 million acres seeded in 2020, up 1% from 46 million acres as projected by the USDA at its annual Agricultural Outlook Forum in February, and down 1% from the average of the past five years.

Area planted to ...

CAIRO, EGYPT — A stranded container ship lodged across a single-lane stretch of the Suez Canal has put a halt to shipping traffic, including vessels carrying grain.

The Panama-flagged Ever Given ran aground diagonally across the single-lane stretch of the southern canal on March 23 after losing the ability to steer amid high winds and a dust storm, the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) said.

It is now blocking transit in both directions through one of the world’s busiest shipping channels for goods, ...

SHAWNEE MISSION, KANSAS, U.S. —Seaboard Corp. has completed a transaction giving it control of Continental Grain’s shares in ContiLatin del Peru S.A. (CLDP). Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

CLDP was founded in 1994 as a trade and import business. In 2007, Seaboard joined Continental Grain as a joint venture partner in the business. Over the past 12 years CLDP has grown into an industrial operation, with plants in Lurin and Trujillo, Peru, which are engaged in grain processing, ...

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, U.S. — Archer Daniels Midland Co. battled through a difficult external environment to post strong sales in the third quarter of fiscal 2019.

ADM net income in the period ended Sept. 30 was $407 million, equal to 72¢ per share on the common stock, down 24% from $536 million, or 94¢, in the third quarter of 2018. Net sales, meanwhile, were $16.726 billion, up nearly 6% from $15.8 billion.

“Our team delivered solid results this quarter,” Juan R. Luciano, president ...

COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO, U.S. — Food safety has been a pillar of the milling industry’s strategic plan for years, but the issue has been elevated to an all-time high over the past year, said James A. McCarthy, president and chief executive officer of the North American Millers’ Association.

“Obviously the Food and Drug Administration flour recalls are the principal issue that we are focused on,” Mr. McCarthy told Milling & Baking News, a sister publication of World Grain, in an interview ...

MANHATTAN, KANSAS, U.S. — Back-to-back flour milling courses were hosted at the IGP Institute to bring different milling perspectives shared through training to create a dynamic learning environment.

Kicking off the training was the International Association of Operative Millers (IAOM) and Kansas State University’s (KSU) basic milling principles course held for 18 participants from five countries. Participants studied an array of topics within the umbrella of the milling industry.

They were able to utilize hands-on training as well as classroom lectures to ...

MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, U.S. — The World Food Programme (WFP) Innovation Accelerator and Cargill are teaming up to help three start-ups tackle hunger.

In May, the two organizations hosted, supported and mentored eight teams of entrepreneurs working to fight world hunger. Now, they’re moving forward with additional funding and support for three start-ups:

Sanku: a nonprofit social enterprise that provides small-scale maize millers in Africa with smart technology to fortify their flour without passing the costs on to consumers.
BioAnalyt: a portable tool ...