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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 ...

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% ...