Canada’s national cereal grains council Cereals Canada has chosen Winnipeg as the base for its operations. In a Jan. 7 news release, Cereals Canada chair Greg Porozni said Winnipeg was chosen because it offers good access to other Canadian cities as well as American destinations. Other factors included cost and proximity to prominent grain industry […] Read more
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Cereals Canada picks Winnipeg for headquarters
Cereals Canada picks Winnipeg for headquarters
Canada’s national cereal grains council Cereals Canada has chosen Winnipeg as the base for its operations. In a Jan. 7 news release Cereals Canada chair Greg Porozni said Winnipeg was chosen because it offers good access to other Canadian cities as well as American destinations. Other factors included cost and proximity to prominent grain industry […] Read more
U.S. delegation in China seeking to resolve GMO corn dispute
(Reuters) — A U.S. Grains Council delegation travelled to China this week aiming to resolve a dispute over a genetically modified corn variety that has triggered Chinese rejection of numerous shipments. The GMO corn strain, Syngenta AG’s MIR 162 corn, is approved for cultivation in the United States and approved for import by all major […] Read more
More U.S. corn-based DDG being okayed for China imports: analyst
CHICAGO (Reuters) — An increasing amount of distiller’s dried grain, a popular corn-based feed grain, is passing Chinese quarantine inspections after state officials rejected some imports containing an unapproved genetically modified corn strain, according to Chinese market analyst JC Intelligence Co. “The situation seems to have improved these days and inspection turns regular,” JCI told […] Read more
Irish farm minister calls for EU dairy futures market
OXFORD, England, Jan 7 (Reuters) – Irish farm minister Simon Coveney said on Tuesday farmers would need additional risk management tools in place before European Union milk quotas are lifted in 2015, including the creation of a futures market. “There should be a market there that is available (to hedge risk when quotas are lifted),” […] Read more
Owners of planned horse slaughterhouse to sue New Mexico official for slander
(Reuters) — Owners of a planned horse slaughterhouse in New Mexico that would be the first such facility to operate in the United States in years filed notice on Monday of their plan to sue the state attorney general for slander over his efforts to block the plant from opening. State Attorney General Gary King […] Read more
UK farm minister calls for EU to approve GM corn in vote
OXFORD, England, Jan 7 (Reuters) – Britain’s farm minister called on the European Union to approve a strain of genetically modified maize in a vote later this month, saying such a move was supported by scientific evidence. “If approval is granted … then it will be the first GM food crop authorised for planting by […] Read more
Battle for Australian dairy firm drags on as local bidder refuses to bow to Canadians
SYDNEY, Jan 7 (Reuters) – A months-long fight for Australia’s oldest dairy firm battles on into the new year as local bidder Murray Goulburn Co-operative Co Ltd refuses to concede to rival suitor Canada’s Saputo Inc, which has already secured regulatory approval. Murray Goulburn said on Tuesday it may increase its stake in Warrnambool Cheese […] Read more
Frigid blast hits U.S. Midwest soft red wheat crop
CHICAGO, Jan 7 (Reuters) – The U.S. Midwest and Plains remain in a deep freeze on Tuesday morning, with sub zero temperatures at record or near-record lows, raising the risk of winter-kill damage to dormant wheat along the Ohio River valley, meteorologists said. Overnight lows fell to -5 to -10 degrees Fahrenheit (-20 to -23 […] Read more
France’s Lactalis to buy Indian dairy firm for $250-$300 million – sources
MUMBAI, Jan 7 (Reuters) – Europe’s biggest dairy group Lactalis has agreed to acquire a controlling stake in India’s Tirumala Milk Products for between $250 million and $300 million, two sources with direct knowledge of the matter said on Tuesday. The French firm will buy shares from Tirumala’s founders, who own 80 percent of the […] Read more
