After plowing through a new, 57-page U.S. Department of Agriculture report titled “Concentration and Competition in U.S. Agribusiness,” I asked an agronomist friend who had also read the report why it seemed that its writers used so much “hem-and-haw” language in analyzing, for example, the rise of today’s powerful seed companies. “I’m less interested in […] Read more
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Viterra-Bunge deal not a surprise for industry watchers
Former chief executive officer of UGG and Agricore United says consolidation is a decades-old trend in the grain industry
The merger of Viterra and Bunge is another step in a consolidation process that began decades ago, says a former grain industry executive. It began in 1998 when Alberta Wheat Pool and Manitoba Pool Elevators merged to form Agricore Cooperative Limited. That entity did not last long. In 2001, the struggling Agricore Cooperative merged with […] Read more
